# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ehren-watada
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:19:34.411Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ehren-watada"
name: "Ehren Watada"
slug: "ehren-watada"
description: "Ehren Keoni Watada is a former first lieutenant of the United States Army, best known as the first commissioned officer in the US armed forces to refuse to deploy to Iraq. In June 2006, Watada refused to deploy for his unit's assigned rotation to Operation Iraqi Freedom, saying he believed the war to be illegal and that, under the doctrine of command responsibility, it would make him party to war crimes. At the time, he was assigned to duty with the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, as a fire support officer. He was brought before a court-martial in 2007 which ended in a mistrial; the Army subsequently discharged him under \"Other-Than-Honorable-Conditions\" (OTH) in 2009. An OTH discharge is the least favorable type of administrative discharge from the Army, and is reserved for a \"pattern of behavior that constitutes a significant departure from the conduct expected of Soldiers of the Army.\""
tagline: "Iraq war resister"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lt._Ehren_Watada.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1978"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.72
  momentum:             2.217391304347826
  historical:           5.897014666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehren_Watada"
    title: "Ehren Watada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "إهرين واتادا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehren_Watada"
    title: "Ehren Watada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%2C_%D0%AD%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Уатада, Эхрен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehren_Watada"
    title: "Ehren Watada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehren_Watada"
    title: "Ehren Watada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331136"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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