# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-f-dean
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:36:03.038Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-f-dean"
name: "William F. Dean"
slug: "william-f-dean"
description: "William Frishe Dean Sr. was a United States Army major general during World War II and the Korean War. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions on July 20 and 21, 1950 during the Battle of Daejon (Taejon) in South Korea. Dean also became the highest ranking American officer captured by an enemy force since the 18 American Army generals captured by Imperial Japan after the fall of the Philippines when he was captured by North Korea during the Korean War."
tagline: "United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1899–1981)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_F._Dean.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1899-08-01"
deathDate: "1981-08-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump