What award did the sergeant which the M247 is named after win?
Alvin York Alvin Cullum York (December 13, 1887 – September 2, 1964), also known as Sergeant York, was one of the most decorated United States Army soldiers of World War I. He received the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machine gun nest, taking 35 machine guns, killing at least 25 enemy soldiers, and capturing 132. York's Medal of Honor action occurred during the United States-led portion of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in France, which was intended to breach the Hindenburg line and force the Germans to surrender.
Charles Faulconer Charles Faulconer (born 1926 in Monroe, Virginia) received the Bronze Star Medal and the Purple Heart for his actions and wounding during the Battle of the Bulge during World War II in 1945. He received the French Legion of Honour in 2016.