# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hector-a-cafferata-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:33:56.068Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hector-a-cafferata-jr"
name: "Hector A. Cafferata, Jr."
slug: "hector-a-cafferata-jr"
description: "Hector Albert Cafferata Jr. was a United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War. In November 1950, Private First Class Cafferata single-handedly held off a regimental-strength enemy and saved wounded Marines by hurling away a live grenade that had landed in their midst, at the cost of serious personal injury."
tagline: "Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1929-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hector_Cafferata_2010.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1929-11-04"
deathDate: "2016-04-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.494026666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Hector Cafferata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هيكتور اى. كافيراتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_A._Cafferata_Jr."
    title: "Hector A. Cafferata Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Гектор Альберт Кафферата-молодший"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Кафферата, Эктор Альберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_A._Cafferata_Jr."
    title: "Hector A. Cafferata Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5696572"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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