# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jay-r-vargas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:07:02.448Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jay-r-vargas"
name: "Jay R. Vargas"
slug: "jay-r-vargas"
description: "Jay R. Vargas is a retired United States Marine Corps colonel who served in the Vietnam War. He received the Medal of Honor for \"conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty\" in 1968."
tagline: "United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/USMC_Colonel_Jay_Vargas_MOH.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1938-07-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.14
  momentum:             3.148148148148149
  historical:           4.82592
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D8%B1._%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "جاي ر. فارغاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_R._Vargas"
    title: "Jay R. Vargas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_R._Vargas"
    title: "Jay R. Vargas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%A0."
    title: "Варгас, Джей Р."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jay_R._Vargas"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12071960"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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