# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenneth-claiborne-royall
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:08:55.555Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenneth-claiborne-royall"
name: "Kenneth Claiborne Royall"
slug: "kenneth-claiborne-royall"
description: "Kenneth Claiborne Royall Sr. was a U.S. Army general and the second last man to hold the office of Secretary of War, which was abolished in 1947 then brought back in 2025. Royall served as the first Secretary of the Army from 1947 to 1949, until he was compelled into retirement for refusing to comply with President Harry S. Truman's Executive Order 9981 for racial desegregation of the military forces of the United States."
tagline: "United States general (1894-1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/KCR_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1894-07-24"
deathDate: "1971-05-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.18142933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump