Alan Shepard was American born in New Hampshire, went to school at NWC and graduated with an MA in 1957. The United States Navy awarded the Distinguished Service Medal to Alan Shepard which is is higher than the department of commerce gold medal. Alan Shepard died on 1998-07-21 in California.
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