# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-d-w-canham
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:09:21.396Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-d-w-canham"
name: "Charles D. W. Canham"
slug: "charles-d-w-canham"
description: "Major General Charles Draper William Canham was the commander of the 29th Infantry Division's 116th Infantry Regiment, which landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, on D-Day, June 6, 1944."
tagline: "American military officer; recipient of the Purple Heart medal (1901-1963)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MG_Charles_D.W._Canham.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1901-01-26"
deathDate: "1963-08-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.61
  momentum:             4.04109589041096
  historical:           4.81476
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "تشارلز دى. دبليو. كانهام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Charles D. W. Canham"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_D._W._Canham"
    title: "Charles D. W. Canham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_D._W._Canham"
    title: "Charles D. W. Canham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A6'%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%A1_%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%90%D7%9D"
    title: "צ'ארלס קנהאם"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2958833"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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