# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bennie-g-adkins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:39:03.366Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bennie-g-adkins"
name: "Bennie G. Adkins"
slug: "bennie-g-adkins"
description: "Bennie Gene Adkins was a United States Army soldier and recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the Vietnam War. In March 1966 Adkins distinguished himself during a 38-hour close-combat battle against North Vietnamese Army forces during the Battle of A Shau. At the time of the cited action, Adkins was a sergeant first class serving as an Intelligence Sergeant with Detachment A-102, 5th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces."
tagline: "United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1934-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Medal_of_Honor_(15257829652).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1934-02-01"
deathDate: "2020-04-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.84
  momentum:             7.34766956393965
  historical:           9.242696
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Bennie G. Adkins"
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    title: "بينى جى. ادكينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Benni Cin Edkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bennie G. Adkins"
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    title: "Bennie G. Adkins"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennie_G._Adkins"
    title: "Bennie G. Adkins"
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    title: "Bennie G. Adkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennie_G._Adkins"
    title: "Bennie G. Adkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennie_Adkins"
    title: "Bennie Adkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Эдкинс, Бенни Джин"
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    title: "Bennie G. Adkins"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump