# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-c-waldron
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:24:48.422Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-c-waldron"
name: "John C. Waldron"
slug: "john-c-waldron"
description: "John Charles Waldron was a United States Navy (USN) aviator who led a squadron of torpedo bombers, Torpedo Squadron 8 aboard USS Hornet, in World War II. While he was among the 29 men of the 30-man squadron who perished in the Battle of Midway, his decision to attack the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) carriers delayed the launching of a planned strike against the American carriers, enabling other USN planes to sink four of the IJN's seven fleet carriers then in service."
tagline: "Recipient of the Purple Heart medal (1900–1942)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_C_Waldron.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1900-08-24"
deathDate: "1942-06-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.57
  momentum:             8.693181818181818
  historical:           5.773262666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Waldron"
    title: "John C. Waldron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%89._%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جون سى. والدرون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Waldron"
    title: "John C. Waldron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waldron"
    title: "John Waldron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Waldron"
    title: "John C. Waldron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Waldron"
    title: "John C. Waldron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1117107"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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