# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/clifton-bledsoe-cates
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:37:32.717Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/clifton-bledsoe-cates"
name: "Clifton Bledsoe Cates"
slug: "clifton-bledsoe-cates"
description: "Clifton Bledsoe Cates was an American general who served as the 19th Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1948 to 1951, holding the rank of a United States Marine Corps four-star general. He earned recognition for his heroism during World War I at the Battle of Belleau Wood and for his exceptional leadership during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. Cates is widely regarded as one of the most distinguished young officers of World War I. His remarkable career included commanding a platoon, a company, a battalion, a regiment, and a division, making him one of the few officers across all branches of service to have achieved this feat in combat."
tagline: "United States Marine Corps (1893–1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Clifton_B._Cates.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1893-08-31"
deathDate: "1970-06-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump