# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernest-e-west
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:49:32.471Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernest-e-west"
name: "Ernest E. West"
slug: "ernest-e-west"
description: "Ernest Edison West was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the Korean War."
tagline: "U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient (1931–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernie_West_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1931-09-02"
deathDate: "2021-05-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.474874666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ernest E. West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "إرنست إديسون ويست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ايرنست اى. ويست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_E._West"
    title: "Ernest E. West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_E._West"
    title: "Ernest E. West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Уэст, Эрнест Эдисон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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