# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-basilone
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:17:01.255Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-basilone"
name: "John Basilone"
slug: "john-basilone"
description: "John Basilone was a United States Marine Corps gunnery sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle for Henderson Field in the Guadalcanal campaign, and the Navy Cross posthumously for extraordinary heroism during the Battle of Iwo Jima. He was the only enlisted Marine to receive both of these decorations in World War II."
tagline: "American Medal of Honor recipient (1916–1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BasiloneUSMC.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1916-11-04"
deathDate: "1945-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.06
  momentum:             1.406377759607522
  historical:           18.34213333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 247
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Basilone"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump