# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-d-harkins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:18:47.224Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-d-harkins"
name: "Paul D. Harkins"
slug: "paul-d-harkins"
description: "Paul Donal Harkins was a career officer in the United States Army and attained the rank of general. He is most notable for having served during World War II as deputy chief of staff for operations in George S. Patton Jr.'s commands, and as the first Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) commander, a post he held from 1962 to 1964."
tagline: "United States general (1904-1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_D._Harkins2.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1904-05-15"
deathDate: "1984-08-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.973905333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_D._Harkins"
    title: "Paul D. Harkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AF._%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "باول د. هاركنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AF._%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "باول د. هاركنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_D._Harkins"
    title: "Paul D. Harkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_D._Harkins"
    title: "Paul D. Harkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Harkins"
    title: "Paul Harkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_D._Harkins"
    title: "Paul D. Harkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_D._Harkins"
    title: "Paul D. Harkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_D._Harkins"
    title: "Paul D. Harkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8D%D0%BB"
    title: "Харкинс, Пол Донэл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1048041"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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