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Information about Roger Chaffee on the memorial. It reads

Gregory B. Jarvis

August 24, 1944
January 28, 1986

Born in Detroit Michigan, Payload Specialist Gregory Jarvis and his crew members, Ellison Onizuka, Michael Smith, Christa McAuliffe, Francis Scobee, Ronald McNair, and Judith Resnick lost their lives on January 28, 1986. Shortly after launch from Cape Kennedy, Florida, an explosion consumed their Challenger Space Shuttle.

A memorial to the Challenger astronauts is located in Arlington National Cemetery.