# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hershel-w-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:26:05.703Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hershel-w-williams"
name: "Hershel W. Williams"
slug: "hershel-w-williams"
description: "Hershel Woodrow \"Woody\" Williams was a United States Marine Corps Reserve warrant officer and United States Department of Veterans Affairs veterans service representative who received the Medal of Honor, the United States military's highest decoration for valor, for heroism above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. Williams was the last living Medal of Honor recipient from World War II."
tagline: "U.S. Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1923–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Corporal_Hershel_Williams.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1923-10-02"
deathDate: "2022-06-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump