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Also Known As Neil Alden Armstrong
Born August 5, 1930 • Ohio
Died August 25, 2012 (aged 82) • Cincinnati • Ohio
Awards And Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom (1969)
Role In Korean War • Apollo 11

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