# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/c-wade-mcclusky
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:57:41.619Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/c-wade-mcclusky"
name: "C. Wade McClusky"
slug: "c-wade-mcclusky"
description: "Rear Admiral Clarence Wade McClusky, Jr., was a United States Navy aviator during World War II and the early Cold War. He played a major part in the Battle of Midway; in the words of Admiral Chester Nimitz, McClusky's decision to continue the search for the enemy and his judgment as to where the enemy might be found, \"decided the fate of our carrier task force and our forces at Midway\"."
tagline: "United States Navy admiral (1902-1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Clarence_Wade_McClusky.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1902-06-01"
deathDate: "1976-06-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.64259927797834
  historical:           7.957712000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Маккласки, Кларенс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سى. واد مكلوسكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Wade_McClusky"
    title: "C. Wade McClusky"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Wade_McClusky"
    title: "Clarence Wade McClusky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Wade_McClusky"
    title: "Clarence Wade McClusky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_McClusky"
    title: "Wade McClusky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC"
    title: "クラレンス・マクラスキー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_McClusky"
    title: "Wade McClusky"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1751540"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump