# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-a-chapman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:01:54.831Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-a-chapman"
name: "John A. Chapman"
slug: "john-a-chapman"
description: "John Allan Chapman was a combat controller in the United States Air Force who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on August 22, 2018, for his actions in the Battle of Takur Ghar during the War in Afghanistan. He is the first airman to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War. He was inducted into the Hall of Heroes on August 23, 2018, and posthumously promoted to Master Sergeant on the following day."
tagline: "US Air Force Master Sgt who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Technical_Sergeant_John_Chapman.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1965-07-14"
deathDate: "2002-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.97
  momentum:             2.377006732263076
  historical:           6.134322666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "John A. Chapman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A3._%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جون أ. شابمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون ا. شابمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Chapman"
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  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%DB%8C._%DA%86%D9%BE%D9%85%D9%86"
    title: "جان ای. چپمن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Chapman"
    title: "John A. Chapman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54866727"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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