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- ↑ "Leander T. "Lee" Herron (1846-1937) - Find A Grave Memorial". Find a Grave .
- ↑ "The Tombstone News".
- ↑ "Medal of Honor Recipient Caught Straggling on the March". 10 February 2011.
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- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Leander T. "Lee" Herron (1846-1937) - Find A Grave Memorial". Find a Grave .
- ↑ "Indian War Campaigns Medal of Honor Recipients for the United States Army".
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