# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-merrill
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:36:28.260Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-merrill"
name: "Frank Merrill"
slug: "frank-merrill"
description: "Frank Dow Merrill was a United States Army general and is best remembered for his command of Merrill's Marauders, officially the 5307th Composite Unit (provisional), in the Burma Campaign of World War II. Merrill's Marauders came under General Joseph Stilwell's Northern Combat Area Command. It was a special forces unit modelled on the Chindits' long range penetration groups trained to operate from bases deep behind Japanese lines."
tagline: "United States Army general (1903-1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stilwell_and_Merrill.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1903-12-04"
deathDate: "1955-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.22
  momentum:             17.86369593709043
  historical:           9.071249333333332
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Frank Merrill"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Merrill"
    title: "Frank Merrill"
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    title: "Frank Merrill"
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    title: "פרנק מריל"
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    title: "Frank Merrill"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump