# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vernon-baker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:24:50.789Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vernon-baker"
name: "Vernon Baker"
slug: "vernon-baker"
description: "Vernon Joseph Baker was a United States Army first lieutenant who was an infantry company platoon leader during World War II and a paratrooper during the Korean War. In 1997, he was awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration for valor, for his actions on April 5–6, 1945, near Viareggio, Italy."
tagline: "U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient (1919–2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Baker_Vernon_USArmy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1919-12-17"
deathDate: "2010-07-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.550762666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Baker"
    title: "Vernon Baker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B1"
    title: "فيرنون بيكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Baker"
    title: "Vernon Baker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Vernon_Baker"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_J._Baker"
    title: "Vernon J. Baker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Baker"
    title: "Vernon Baker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7922059"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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