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Henry Alvin Cameron

1872–1918

United States

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Henry Alvin Cameron (February 4, 1872 – October 30, 1918) was an American schoolteacher who served as an officer in the United States Army during World War I. Prior to joining the military at age 45, he worked as a science teacher and coach at Pearl High School in Nashville, Tennessee, and was an advocate for education. During the war he served in France and was killed in the Battle of the Argonne Forest.

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