# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-eugene-bush
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:06:13.699Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-eugene-bush"
name: "Robert Eugene Bush"
slug: "robert-eugene-bush"
description: "Robert Eugene Bush, at age 18, was the youngest member of the United States Navy in World War II to receive the nation's highest military decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor. He was awarded the medal for heroic actions \"above and beyond the call of duty\" while serving as hospital corpsman attached to a Marine Corps rifle company on May 2, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa."
tagline: "United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1926–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BushRobertE%26PresTruman.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1926-10-04"
deathDate: "2005-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.17
  momentum:             5.725190839694657
  historical:           5.291938666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Eugene_Bush"
    title: "Robert Eugene Bush"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B4"
    title: "روبرت يوجين بوش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B4"
    title: "روبرت يوجين بوش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_Eugene_Bush"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bush"
    title: "Robert Bush"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Eugene_Bush"
    title: "Robert Eugene Bush"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127707"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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