# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pappy-boyington
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:30:09.649Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pappy-boyington"
name: "Pappy Boyington"
slug: "pappy-boyington"
description: "Gregory \"Pappy\" Boyington was an American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. A Marine aviator with the Pacific fleet in 1941, Boyington joined the \"Flying Tigers\" of the Republic of China Air Force and saw combat in Burma in late 1941 and 1942 during the Second Sino-Japanese War."
tagline: "United States Marine Corps aviator and Medal of Honor recipient (1912-1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pappy_Boyington.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1912-12-04"
deathDate: "1988-01-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.346368715083799
  historical:           12.828524
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Pappy Boyington"
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    title: "Pappy Boyington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pappy Boyington"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump