Clifton C. Williams Jr.

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Clifton C. Williams Jr. was a U.S. Marine Corps officer and NASA astronaut selected in the 1960s who tragically died in a plane crash before flying in space.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA astronaut
United States Marine Corps officer
human
academicDegree Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
allegiance United States of America
awardReceived Air Medal
Navy Astronaut Wings NERFINISHED
Navy Commendation Medal NERFINISHED
burialPlace Barrancas National Cemetery NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath aircraft crash
conflict Cold War
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1932-09-26
dateOfDeath 1967-10-05
educatedAt Auburn University NERFINISHED
Murphy High School NERFINISHED
employer NASA
familyName Williams
fieldOfWork aerospace
military aviation
fullName Clifton Curtis Williams Jr. NERFINISHED
givenName Clifton NERFINISHED
hasChild one daughter
one posthumous child
hasHonor name inscribed on Space Mirror Memorial at Kennedy Space Center
hasOccupation experimental test pilot
killedIn T-38 jet trainer crash
mannerOfDeath accident
memberOf NASA Astronaut Group 3 NERFINISHED
militaryBranch United States Marine Corps
militaryRank Major
notableEvent death in T-38 crash en route to see family
notableFor being a NASA astronaut who died before flying in space
occupation astronaut
test pilot
placeOfBirth Mobile, Alabama, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath near Tallahassee, Florida, United States
religion Methodism NERFINISHED
residence Houston, Texas, United States NERFINISHED
selectionAsAstronaut 1963
serviceNumber United States Marine Corps officer service
sexOrGender male
spouse Beth Williams NERFINISHED
trainedAt U.S. Naval Test Pilot School NERFINISHED
wasAssignedTo Apollo program NERFINISHED
wasBackupCrewMemberOf Gemini 10 NERFINISHED
wasPlannedToFlyOn an early Apollo mission
workLocation Johnson Space Center NERFINISHED

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NASA Astronaut Group 3 notableMember Clifton C. Williams Jr.
Gemini 10 backupPilot Clifton C. Williams Jr.
this entity surface form: Clifton C. Williams