# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-m-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:56:45.864Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-m-smith"
name: "Eric M. Smith"
slug: "eric-m-smith"
description: "Eric M. Smith is a United States Marine Corps four-star general who has served as the 39th commandant of the Marine Corps since 22 September 2023. He served as acting commandant of the Marine Corps between 10 July 2023 and 22 September 2023 while awaiting Senate confirmation. Before nomination to the position he served as the 36th assistant commandant of the Marine Corps and before that as the deputy commandant for Combat Development and Integration, being succeeded by Karsten Heckl."
tagline: "US Marine Corps general, 36th Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/39th_Commandant_of_the_Marine_Corps_General_Eric_Smith_at_Arlington_National_Cemetery%2C_Virginia%2C_August_5%2C_2025_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1964"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.001462522851919561
  historical:           7.225705333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ерік Сміт (генерал)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eric M. Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Smith_(general)"
    title: "Eric Smith (general)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_M._Smith"
    title: "Eric M. Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اریک اسمیت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A7_%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA'_(%D7%A7%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%9F)"
    title: "אריק סמית' (קצין)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA_(%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB)"
    title: "Смит, Эрик (генерал)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38004082"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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