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Chaffee, Roger Bruce (1935 - 1967) Lt. Cmdr. Roger B. Chaffee, U.S. Navy. Interred: Jan. 31, 1967, Section 3, Grave 2502-F, Grid Q-15. Lt. Col. Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, U.S. Air Force. Interred: Jan. 31, 1967, Section 3, Grave 2503-E, Grid Q-15. Lt. Col. Grissom and Lt. Cmdr. Chaffee were killed Jan. 27, 1967, in a fire aboard their Apollo spacecraft at Cape Canaveral, Fla. The two men are buried next to one another and received full military honors. President Lyndon B. Johnson presented the flags to the next of kin. |
Roger Bruce Chaffee (d. 27 Jan 1967)
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