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Information about Roger Chaffee on the memorial. It reads

Roger B. Chaffee

February 15, 1935
January 27, 1967

Born in Grand Rapids Michigan, Lt. Commander U.S.N. Roger Chaffee and fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Ed White lost their lives on January 27, 1967, at Cape Kennedy, Florida. A flash fire consumed their Apollo spacecraft during a full-scale simulation in preparation for the scheduled launch on their Apollo Mission.

Chaffee and Grissom are buried in adjacent plots in Arlington National Cemetery. White is buried in the United States Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point.