# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/merritt-a-edson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:35:02.545Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/merritt-a-edson"
name: "Merritt A. Edson"
slug: "merritt-a-edson"
description: "Merritt Austin Edson, Sr., known as \"Red Mike\", was a major general in the United States Marine Corps, First President of the Marine Corps War Memorial Foundation and First Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Public Safety & Vermont State Police."
tagline: "Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1897-1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EdsonMikeRed.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1897-04-25"
deathDate: "1955-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.156126666666665
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Merritt_A._Edson"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%A3._%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ميريت أ. إدسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merritt_A._Edson"
    title: "Merritt A. Edson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merritt_A._Edson"
    title: "Merritt A. Edson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merritt_A._Edson"
    title: "Merritt A. Edson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merritt_A._Edson"
    title: "Merritt A. Edson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%98_%D7%90%D7%93%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "מריט אדסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merritt_Edson"
    title: "Merritt Edson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merritt_A._Edson"
    title: "Merritt A. Edson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3124830"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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