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Those We Remember
Pioneers of Atmospheric and Space Flight
NOTE: Where there are multiple vehicle or flight links, an attempt to have each one go to a separate page is being made.
| Name of Pioneer | Grave location w/Pix | Additional Info/Obit/GPS | Cause or Vehicle | Year | Age |
| Iven Kincheloe | Arlington Nat'l Cemetery - Sec. 2 | -- | F104 Flameout | 1958 | 29 |
| Theodore Freeman | Arlington Nat'l Cemetery - Sec. 4 | -- | T38 | 1966 | 34 |
| Charles Bassett | Arlington Nat'l Cemetery - Sec. 4 | -- | T38 | 1966 | 34 |
| Elliot See | Arlington Nat'l Cemetery - Sec. 4 | -- | T38 | 1966 | 38 |
| Clifton Williams | Arlington Nat'l Cemetery - Sec. 3 | -- | T38 | 1967 | 34 |
| Ed Givens | Quanah, TX | -- | Automobile | 1967 | 37 |
| Gus Grissom | Arlington Nat'l Cemetery - Sec. 3 | Sec. 3, Lot 2503-E, Grid Q-15/16 | Apollo 1 | 1967 | 40 |
| Roger Chaffee | Arlington Nat'l Cemetery - Sec. 3 | Sec. 3, Lot 2502-F, Grid Q-15/16 | Apollo 1 | 1967 | 31 |
| Ed White | West Point, New York | -- | Apollo 1 | 1967 | 36 |
| Forrest Petersen | Arlington Nat'l Cemetery - Sec. 7(?) | -- | X15 | 1989+(?) | ?? |
| Mike Adams | -- Unknown Location -- | -- | X15 | 1967 | 37 |
| Russell Rogers | Arlington Nat'l Cemetery - Sec. 2 | -- | X20 | 1967(?) | ?? |
| Robert Lawrence | -- Unknown Location -- | -- | F104 | 1967 | 32 |
| John Swigert | Wheat Ridge, CO | -- | Cancer | 1982 | 51 |
| Christa McAuliffe | Concord, New Hampshire | -- | STS-51L | 1986 | 37 |
| Greg Jarvis | Ashes scattered Pacific Ocean | -- | STS-51L | 1986 | 41 |
| El Onizuka | Honolulu, Hawaii Nat'l Cem. | -- | STS-51L | 1986 | 39 |
| Mike Smith | Arlington Nat'l Cemetery - Sec. 7A | -- | STS-51L | 1986 | 40 |
| Dick Scobee | Arlington Nat'l Cemetery | -- | STS-51L | 1986 | 46 |
| Judy Resnik | Akron, Ohio | -- | STS-51L | 1986 | 36 |
| Ron McNair | Lake City, S. Carolina | -- | STS-51L | 1986 | 35 |
| Steve Thorne | Arlington Nat'l Cemetery - Sec. 7A | -- | Plane | 1986 | 33 |
| Donn Eisele | Arlington Nat'l Cemetery - Sec. 3 | -- | Heart Attack | 1987 | 57 |
| David Griggs | Arlington Nat'l Cemetery - Sec. 7A | -- | Private Plane | 1989 | 49 |
| Ron Evans ** | --Unknown Location - Photo linked-- | -- | Heart Attack | 1990 | 56 |
| Sonny Carter | -- Unknown Location -- | -- | Comm. Plane | 1991 | 43 |
| James Irwin | Arlington Nat'l Cemetery - Sec. 3 | -- | Heart Attack | 1991 | 61 |
| Deke Slayton | Family Farm, Sparta WI | -- | Brain Cancer | 1993 | 69 |
| Karl Henize | Mount Everest | Memorial | High Alt. PE | 1993 | ?? |
| Stu Roosa | Arlington Nat'l Cemetery - Sec. 7A | -- | Pancreatis | 1994 | 61 |
| Charles Veach | -- Unknown Location -- | -- | Cancer | 1995 | 51 |
| Bob Overmyer | -- Unknown Location -- | -- | Test Plane | 1996 | 59 |
| Alan Shepard | Pebble Beach, CA | -- | Leukemia | 1998 | 74 |
| Pete Conrad | Arlington Nat'l Cemetery - Sec. 11 | Sec. 11, Grave 113-3, Grid N-15 | Motorcycle | 1999 | 69 |
| David Walker | Arlington Nat'l Cemetery - Sec. ? | -- | Cancer | 2001 | 56? |
| Dr. Patricia H. Robertson | Not yet determined | Death Notice | Plane Crash | 2001 | 38 |
NOTE: Latest new entry or update represented by "**" to right of the name.
| The Bell now tolls 41 times - once for each Pioneer listed above... |
High Flight
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And
danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined
the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds -- and done a hundred things
You
have not dreamed of -- wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit
silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My
eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious burning
blue,
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark,
or even eagle flew.
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The
high untresspassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face
of God.
The sacrifice of your loved ones has stirred the soul of our
nation and, through the pain, our hearts have been opened to a profound truth -
the future is not free, the story of all human progress is one of a struggle
against all odds. We learned again that this America, which Abraham Lincoln
called the last best hope of man on Earth, was built on heroism and noble
sacrifice. It was built by men and women like our seven star voyagers, who
answered a call beyond duty, who gave more than was expected or required, and
who gave it with little thought to worldly reward."
-- President Ronald Reagan, Memorial Service, 01/31/86
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William Butler Yeats
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
I know that I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds
above;
Those that I fight I do not hate
Those that I guard I do not
love;
My country is Kiltartan Cross,
My countrymen Kiltartan's poor,
No
likely end could bring them loss
Or leave them happier than before.
Nor
law, nor duty bade me fight,
Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,
A lonely
impulse of delight
Drove to this tumult in the clouds;
I balanced all,
brought all to mind,
The years to come seemed waste of breath,
A waste of
breath the years behind
In balance with this life, this death.
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