# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-j-hudner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:57:02.385Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-j-hudner"
name: "Thomas J. Hudner"
slug: "thomas-j-hudner"
description: "Thomas Jerome Hudner Jr. was a United States Navy officer and naval aviator. He rose to the rank of captain and received the Medal of Honor for attempting to save the life of his wingman, Ensign Jesse L. Brown, during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War."
tagline: "United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1924–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_J._Hudner_2008.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1924-08-31"
deathDate: "2017-11-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.45221066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump