Leonard L. Alvarado, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Medal of Honor recipient
Date of Birth: 13-Feb-1947
Place of Birth: Bakersfield, California, United States
Date of Death: 12-Aug-1969
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Leonard L. Alvarado
- Leonard Louis Alvarado (February 13, 1947 – August 12, 1969) was a U.S.
- Army posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War. Alvarado joined the Army in 1968, and served as a specialist four.
- While on an exercise to rescue a trapped American platoon in Phuoc Long Province, Alvarado's company was attacked by the besiegers, and it was pinned down.
- Alvarado was wounded several times, but took out several enemy gun positions.
- While in the process of covering suppressing fire, Alvarado died of his wounds.
- He was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor in 2014.
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