# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emil-kapaun
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:03:35.942Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emil-kapaun"
name: "Emil Kapaun"
slug: "emil-kapaun"
description: "Emil Joseph Kapaun was an American Catholic priest and United States Army captain who served as a chaplain during World War II and the Korean War."
tagline: "Korean War US Army chaplain, POW, Medal of Honor recipient and Venerable (1916–1951)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fr._Emil_Joseph_Kapaun.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1916-04-20"
deathDate: "1951-05-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           11.789936
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "اميل كاپاون"
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    title: "Emil Kapaun"
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    title: "Emil Kapaun"
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    title: "Emil Kapaun"
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    title: "Emil Kapaun"
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    title: "에밀 카폰"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Emil Kapaun"
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    title: "Emil Kapaun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Капаун, Эмиль"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump