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Also Known As Lewis Burwell Puller
Born June 26, 1898 • Virginia
Died October 11, 1971 (aged 73) • Hampton • Virginia
Role In Battle of Guadalcanal • Battle of the Chosin Reservoir • Inchon landing • Korean War • World War II • Pacific War

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president of United States
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Robert Bostwick Carney.
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Alan Goodrich Kirk
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of United States
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