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Also Known As Alvin Cullum York
Born December 13, 1887 • Tennessee
Died September 2, 1964 (aged 76) • Nashville • Tennessee
Awards And Honors Medal of Honor (1941)
Role In World War I • battles of the Meuse-Argonne

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