# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frederick-kroesen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:05:41.537Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frederick-kroesen"
name: "Frederick Kroesen"
slug: "frederick-kroesen"
description: "Frederick James Kroesen Jr. was a United States Army four-star general who served as the Commanding General of the Seventh United States Army and the commander of NATO Central Army Group from 1979 to 1983, and Commanding General, United States Army Forces Command from 1976 to 1978. He also served as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1978 to 1979. He commanded troops in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, enabling him to be one of the very small number who ever was entitled to wear the Combat Infantryman Badge with two Stars, denoting active combat in three wars."
tagline: "Recipient of the Purple Heart medal (1923-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frederick_Kroesen_VCSA.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1923-02-11"
deathDate: "2020-04-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.72
  momentum:             1.368760064412238
  historical:           6.158749333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "فردریک کروسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_J._Kroesen"
    title: "Frederick J. Kroesen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Kroesen"
    title: "Frederick Kroesen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Kroesen"
    title: "Frederick Kroesen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_J._Kroesen"
    title: "Frederick J. Kroesen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Kroesen"
    title: "Frederick Kroesen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Kroesen"
    title: "Frederick Kroesen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682032"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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