# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/duane-e-dewey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:11:54.865Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/duane-e-dewey"
name: "Duane E. Dewey"
slug: "duane-e-dewey"
description: "Duane Edgar Dewey was an American combat Marine. He received the United States military's highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his actions on April 16, 1952, during the Korean War. Although wounded by an enemy grenade, he smothered another exploding grenade with his own body to save the life of a corpsman and the other Marines around him."
tagline: "United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1931–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dewey_DE.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1931-11-16"
deathDate: "2021-10-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.24
  momentum:             24.14285714285715
  historical:           4.614472
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%8A"
    title: "دوين إدغار ديوي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_E._Dewey"
    title: "Duane E. Dewey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8C%D1%8E%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D1%83%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Дьюи, Дуэйн Эдгар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_E._Dewey"
    title: "Duane E. Dewey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Duane_E._Dewey"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5310324"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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