# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bud-day
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:22:54.534Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bud-day"
name: "Bud Day"
slug: "bud-day"
description: "George Everette \"Bud\" Day was a United States Air Force officer, aviator, and veteran of World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War. He was also a prisoner of war, and recipient of the Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross. As of 2025, he is the only person to be awarded both the Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross. He was posthumously advanced to the rank of brigadier general effective March 27, 2018, as directed by the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act."
tagline: "United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient (1925–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Col._George_E._Bud_Day_official_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1925-02-24"
deathDate: "2013-07-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.206737333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DA%88_%DA%88%DB%92"
    title: "بڈ ڈے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "باد داي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "باد داى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Day"
    title: "Bud Day"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Day"
    title: "Bud Day"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Day"
    title: "Bud Day"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Day"
    title: "Bud Day"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12056013"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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