Bernard F. Fisher
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Bernard F. Fisher was a United States Air Force officer and combat pilot in the Vietnam War who received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during a daring rescue mission under enemy fire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bernard F. Fisher canonical | 1 |
| Bernard Francis Fisher | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5667514 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernard F. Fisher Context triple: [Air Force Medal of Honor, firstRecipient, Bernard F. Fisher]
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A.
Vincent T. DeVita Jr.
Vincent T. DeVita Jr. is a prominent American oncologist and former director of the National Cancer Institute, known for pioneering combination chemotherapy treatments for cancer.
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B.
Paul A. Marks
Paul A. Marks was an influential American physician-scientist and cancer researcher who served as president of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and helped shape modern cancer genetics and therapy.
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C.
Eric E. Osmond
Eric E. Osmond is a film editor best known for his work on the animated feature "The Super Mario Bros. Movie."
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D.
Robert H. Lurie
Robert H. Lurie was an American real estate investor and philanthropist whose major charitable contributions, particularly to medical research and education, led to several institutions bearing his name.
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E.
Ira S. Haseltine
Ira S. Haseltine was an American politician and early settler known for his role in establishing the community of Richland Center, Wisconsin.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernard F. Fisher Target entity description: Bernard F. Fisher was a United States Air Force officer and combat pilot in the Vietnam War who received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during a daring rescue mission under enemy fire.
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A.
Vincent T. DeVita Jr.
Vincent T. DeVita Jr. is a prominent American oncologist and former director of the National Cancer Institute, known for pioneering combination chemotherapy treatments for cancer.
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B.
Paul A. Marks
Paul A. Marks was an influential American physician-scientist and cancer researcher who served as president of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and helped shape modern cancer genetics and therapy.
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C.
Eric E. Osmond
Eric E. Osmond is a film editor best known for his work on the animated feature "The Super Mario Bros. Movie."
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D.
Robert H. Lurie
Robert H. Lurie was an American real estate investor and philanthropist whose major charitable contributions, particularly to medical research and education, led to several institutions bearing his name.
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E.
Ira S. Haseltine
Ira S. Haseltine was an American politician and early settler known for his role in establishing the community of Richland Center, Wisconsin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Medal of Honor recipient
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United States Air Force officer ⓘ Vietnam War veteran ⓘ human ⓘ military aviator ⓘ |
| aircraftFlown |
A-1E Skyraider
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linked to:
Douglas A-1 Skyraider
|
| allegiance |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| awardReceived |
Air Medal
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Bronze Star Medal ⓘ Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ Medal of Honor ⓘ Silver Star ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1927-01-11 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
San Bernardino, California, United States
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linked to:
San Bernardino
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| causeOfFame | First U.S. Air Force Medal of Honor recipient of the Vietnam War ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Bernard Fisher Highway (Idaho State Highway 21 designated segment)
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linked to:
Idaho State Highway 21
Fisher House at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho ⓘ |
| conflict | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| countryOfService |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| dateOfHeroicAction | 1966-03-10 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2014-08-16 ⓘ |
| familyName | Fisher ⓘ |
| fullName |
Bernard Francis Fisher
ⓘ
linked to:
Bernard F. Fisher
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Bernard ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| militaryRank | colonel ⓘ |
| militaryUnit | 1st Air Commando Squadron ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Landed under enemy fire to rescue downed pilot Major Dafford W. Myers ⓘ |
| notableWork | Rescue mission at A Shau Valley airstrip, Vietnam, 1966 ⓘ |
| operationParticipatedIn | Resupply and support operations in A Shau Valley, Vietnam ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Idaho State Veterans Cemetery, Boise, Idaho, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfHeroicAction | A Shau Valley, South Vietnam ⓘ |
| reasonForMedalOfHonor | Voluntarily landed on an enemy-held airstrip under intense fire to rescue a fellow pilot ⓘ |
| residence |
Idaho, United States
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linked to:
Idaho
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| serviceNumber | United States Air Force officer service number (specific value not provided) ⓘ |
| serviceYears | 1940s–1970s (approximate) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bernard F. Fisher Description of subject: Bernard F. Fisher was a United States Air Force officer and combat pilot in the Vietnam War who received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during a daring rescue mission under enemy fire.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bernard F. Fisher