YORK, ALVIN C. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Army, Company G, 328th Infantry,
82d Division. Place and date: Near Chatel-Chehery, France, 8 October 1918.
Entered service at: Pall Mall, Tenn. Born: 13 December 1887, Fentress County,
Tenn. G.O. No.: 59, W.D., 1919. Citation: After his platoon had suffered
heavy casualties and 3 other noncommissioned officers had become casualties,
Cpl. York assumed command. Fearlessly leading 7 men, he charged with great
daring a machinegun nest which was pouring deadly and incessant fire upon
his platoon. In this heroic feat the machinegun nest was taken, together
with 4 officers and 128 men and several guns.
This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)
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