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James I. Poynter
James Irsley Poynter (1 December 1916– 4 November 1950) was a United States Marine who was posthumously awarded the United States' highest military decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his action on 4 November 1950, in which he was killed while he singled handedly eliminated three enemy machine gun crews. He was the eleventh Marine to be awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in Korea.
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