Alvin York
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 60 years ago |
Date of birth | December 13,1887 |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Born | Fentress County |
Tennessee | |
United States | |
Date of died | September 2,1964 |
Died | Nashville |
Tennessee | |
United States | |
Battles and wars | World War I |
St. Mihiel | |
Meuse-Argonne | |
World War II | |
American Theater | |
Spouse | Gracie Williams |
Children | Samuel Houston York |
Andrew Jackson York | |
Thomas Jefferson York | |
Siblings | Lucy Ermine York Rains |
Joseph Marion York | |
George Alexander York | |
Job | Soldier |
Awards | France |
Parents | Mary Elizabeth York |
William Uriah York | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 462380 |
Alvin York Life story
Alvin Cullum York, also known as Sergeant York, was one of the most decorated United States Army soldiers of World War I. He received the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machine gun nest, gathered 35 machine guns, killing at least 25 enemy soldiers and capturing 132 prisoners.