# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/doug-hegdahl
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:19:59.770Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/doug-hegdahl"
name: "Doug Hegdahl"
slug: "doug-hegdahl"
description: "Douglas Brent Hegdahl is a former United States Navy petty officer second class (E-5) who was held as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. After an early release, he was able to provide the names and personal information of about 256 fellow POWs, as well as reveal the conditions of the prisoner-of-war camp."
tagline: "US navy sailor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DouglasHegdahl.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1946-09-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.82
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.948198666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0373689/"
    handle:    "nm0373689"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%2C_%D0%94%D1%83%D0%B3"
    title: "Хегдал, Дуг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%BA_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "دوغ هيجدال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duq_Heqdal"
    title: "Duq Heqdal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Hegdahl"
    title: "Doug Hegdahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Hegdahl"
    title: "Doug Hegdahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Hegdahl"
    title: "Doug Hegdahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Hegdahl"
    title: "Doug Hegdahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Egdahl"
    title: "Doug Egdahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%82%B0%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ダグ・ヘグダール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5300547"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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