# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-vraciu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:33:12.164Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-vraciu"
name: "Alexander Vraciu"
slug: "alexander-vraciu"
description: "Alexander Vraciu was a United States Navy fighter ace, Navy Cross recipient, and Medal of Honor nominee during World War II. At the end of the war, Vraciu ranked fourth among the U.S. Navy's flying aces, with 19 enemy planes downed during flight and 21 destroyed on the ground. After the war, he served as a test pilot and was instrumental in forming the post-war Naval and Marine Air Reserve program. From 1956 to 1958 Vraciu led his own fighter squadron, VF-51, for twenty-two months. He retired from the U.S. Navy with the rank of commander on December 31, 1963. Vraciu later moved to Danville, California, and worked for Wells Fargo."
tagline: "US Navy World War II fighter ace"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Beyond_Darkness_June_20_1944.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1918-11-02"
deathDate: "2015-01-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.24
  momentum:             0.7788595271210013
  historical:           7.0558
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Vraciu"
    title: "Alexander Vraciu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Vraciu"
    title: "Alexander Vraciu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Vraciu"
    title: "Alexander Vraciu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Vraciu"
    title: "Alexander Vraciu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AD%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A6"
    title: "アレキサンダー・ブラシウ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Vraciu"
    title: "Alexander Vraciu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%83%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80"
    title: "Врачиу, Александр"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Vraciu"
    title: "Alexander Vraciu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4720304"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump