# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ralph-puckett
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:00:52.058Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ralph-puckett"
name: "Ralph Puckett"
slug: "ralph-puckett"
description: "Ralph Puckett Jr. was a United States Army officer. He led the Eighth Army Ranger Company during the Korean War and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions on November 25, 1950, when his company of 51 Rangers was attacked by several hundred Chinese soldiers at the battle for Hill 205. He later served in the Vietnam War and retired from the army in 1971 as a colonel. After being appointed on July 19, 1996, he served as the Honorary Colonel of the 75th Ranger Regiment."
tagline: "American military officer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PUCKETT.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1926-12-08"
deathDate: "2024-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.11
  momentum:             2.97071129707113
  historical:           7.722466666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ralph_Puckett"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "رالف پوكيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Puckett"
    title: "Ralph Puckett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Puckett"
    title: "Ralph Puckett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Puckett"
    title: "Ralph Puckett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%82%B1%E3%83%83%E3%83%88"
    title: "ラルフ・パケット"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9E%84%ED%94%84_%ED%8D%BC%EC%BC%93"
    title: "랄프 퍼켓"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84"
    title: "Пакетт, Ральф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Puckett"
    title: "Ralph Puckett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7287977"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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