MILITARY PERSONNEL

Alvin York

1887 - 1964

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Alvin Cullum York (December 13, 1887 – September 2, 1964), also known by his rank as Sergeant York, was an American soldier who 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, gathering 35 machine guns, killing at least 25 enemy soldiers and capturing 132 prisoners. York's Medal of Honor action occurred during the United States-led portion of the Meuse–Argonne offensive in France, which was intended to breach the Hindenburg line and force the Germans to surrender. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alvin York has received more than 3,597,924 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Alvin York is the 1,519th most popular military personnel (down from 1,172nd in 2019), the 4,613th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,862nd in 2019) and the 75th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Alvin York ranks 1,519 out of 2,058. Before him are Caupolicán, Gisulf I of Friuli, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Honoré Charles Reille, Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, and Kijirō Nambu. After him are Courtney Hodges, Patrick Gordon, Johann von Werth, Dmitry Milyutin, Braxton Bragg, and Józef Chłopicki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Alvin York ranks 166. Before him are Ernst Toch, Armen Ohanian, Josef Frings, Maria Jeritza, Pyotr Nesterov, and Govind Ballabh Pant. After him are Courtney Hodges, Sam Warner, Thoralf Skolem, Louis Leon Thurstone, Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg, and Joseph Orbeli. Among people deceased in 1964, Alvin York ranks 104. Before him are Rickard Sandler, Ernst Toch, Ary Barroso, Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Joseph Schildkraut, and Aloïse Corbaz. After him are Rudolph Maté, Henry Maitland Wilson, Olga Desmond, Cedric Hardwicke, Joseph Marx, and Maksym Rylsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alvin York ranks 4,613 out of 20,380. Before him are Yusuf Estes (1944), Olive Thomas (1894), Bob Crane (1928), Nate Thurmond (1941), Willis Reed (1942), and Maude Adams (1872). After him are Al Taliaferro (1905), Chuck Daly (1930), Roy J. Plunkett (1910), Courtney Hodges (1887), Kevin Hart (1979), and Dan O'Bannon (1946).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Alvin York ranks 75. Before him are Walter Short (1880), Hugh Thompson Jr. (1943), Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888), James M. Gavin (1907), William Guarnere (1923), and Nathanael Greene (1742). After him are Courtney Hodges (1887), Braxton Bragg (1817), Herman Kahn (1922), Walter Bedell Smith (1895), Benjamin Briggs (1835), and Melvin Purvis (1903).

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