# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-leckie
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:13:51.215Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-leckie"
name: "Robert Leckie"
slug: "robert-leckie"
description: "Robert Hugh Leckie was an American author and journalist. After serving in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, Leckie worked as a writer and newspaperman, eventually writing more than 40 books, both non-fiction and fiction. His war memoir Helmet for My Pillow, along with Eugene B. Sledge's With the Old Breed, formed the basis for the HBO's 2010 television series The Pacific. In the series, Leckie is portrayed by James Badge Dale."
tagline: "United States Marine and author (1920–2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Leckie.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1920-12-18"
deathDate: "2001-12-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.080832526621491
  historical:           16.63185733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2521775/"
    handle:    "nm2521775"
sources:
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    title: "Robert Leckie (author)"
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    title: "Robert Leckie"
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    title: "Robert Leckie"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Leckie_(auteur)"
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    title: "Robert Leckie"
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    title: "Robert Leckie"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump