New Sergeant York in Uncle Sam's Army Los Angeles (AP)??? There's a new Sergeant York in the service, a 23-year-old cousin of hero Alvin York of World War I fame. The new non-com is Sgt. J. T. York of Clinton,Tenn. - first name Jennie, and she's in the women's army corps. Source: Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, October 22, 1943