About Victor Yarnell
Lived 1919 – 2015 (aged 95). Victor Yarnell was an American politician.
Victor Robert Hewlett Yarnell (October 5, 1919 – January 22, 2015) was a Canadian-born American politician who served as the Mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania, as a Democrat between 1968 and 1972.
Life Yarnell was born on October 5, 1919, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to an Irish father and an English mother. He was educated in England as a boarder at Bedford Modern School after which he served in the British Army throughout World War II seeing action in Dunkirk and taking part in the Normandy landings.
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Who was Victor Yarnell?
American politician
When was Victor Yarnell born?
Victor Yarnell was born on 5 October 1919 in Montreal.
When did Victor Yarnell die?
Victor Yarnell died on 22 January 2015 in Reading.
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Victor Yarnell was a politician.
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Victor Yarnell was American.
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