# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/basil-l-plumley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:07:04.946Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/basil-l-plumley"
name: "Basil L. Plumley"
slug: "basil-l-plumley"
description: "Basil Leonard Plumley was an American soldier who served in the United States Army for over three decades, rising to the rank of command sergeant major. He was a combat veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and is most noted for his actions during the Battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam."
tagline: "United States Army soldier (1920–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CSM(R)_Basil_L._Plumley_at_West_Point_10_May_2010.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1920-01-01"
deathDate: "2012-10-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.82
  momentum:             2.529477579826147
  historical:           6.857421333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_L._Plumley"
    title: "Basil L. Plumley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Plumley"
    title: "Basil Plumley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_L._Plumley"
    title: "Basil L. Plumley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_L._Plumley"
    title: "Basil L. Plumley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_L._Plumley"
    title: "Basil L. Plumley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_L._Plumley"
    title: "Basil L. Plumley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_L._Plumley"
    title: "Basil L. Plumley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2535583"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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