Lt Col Virgil Ivan “Gus” GRISSOM

1926 - 1967  (40 years)

• Name	Virgil Ivan “Gus” GRISSOM
  Prefix	Lt Col
  Born	3 Apr 1926	Mitchell, Lawrence, Indiana
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Jan 1967	Cape Kennedy [Canaveral], Brevard, Florida
  Person ID	I42822	Main
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Dennis David GRISSOM,   b. 14 Oct 1903, Indiana ,   d. 30 Dec 1994, Indiana  (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Cecile KING,   b. 15 Sep 1901, Lawrence, Marion, Indiana ,   d. 8 Nov 1995  (Age 94 years)
  Family ID	F30177	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Lt. Col. Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (April 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967), was one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts. He was the second American to fly in space, and the first member of the NASA Astronaut Corps to fly in space twice. He was killed along with fellow astronauts Ed White and Roger Chaffee while performing a pre-launch test before what would have been his third trip into space. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S151] WikiTree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Grissom-454.