# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-joseph-dresnok
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:09:46.783Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-joseph-dresnok"
name: "James Joseph Dresnok"
slug: "james-joseph-dresnok"
description: "James Joseph Dresnok was an American defector to North Korea, one of seven U.S. soldiers to defect after the Korean War."
tagline: "US soldier who defected to North Korea"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Joseph_Dresnok.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1941-11-24"
deathDate: "2016"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump