# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-e-kilbourne
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:29:09.874Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-e-kilbourne"
name: "Charles E. Kilbourne"
slug: "charles-e-kilbourne"
description: "Major General Charles Evans Kilbourne Jr. was the first American to earn the United States' three highest military decorations. As an officer in the United States Army he received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Philippine–American War. He served as a general officer during World War I, and received the Distinguished Service Cross and Army Distinguished Service Medal. After World War I, he served as the superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute, succeeding General John A. Lejeune, and had a post-military career as a distinguished writer."
tagline: "United States Army Medal of Honor recipient"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_E._Kilbourne_Jr._(US_Army_general).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1872-12-23"
deathDate: "1963-11-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.69
  momentum:             2.5
  historical:           4.805508
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "تشارلز إي. كيلبورن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D8%A7%D9%89._%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "تشارلز اى. كيلبورن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_E._Kilbourne"
    title: "Charles E. Kilbourne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_E._Kilbourne"
    title: "Charles E. Kilbourne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_E._Kilbourne"
    title: "Charles E. Kilbourne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5077126"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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