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First African American to be awarded the Medal of Honor born

March 28, 1842 - December 8, 1908 (66)

William Harvey CarneyWilliam Harvey Carney, American Civil War soldier and the first African American to be awarded the Medal of Honor was born on this day in Norfolk, Virginia.

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