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Ellison Shoji Onizuka

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Ellison Shoji Onizuka

Birth
Kealakekua, Hawaii County, Hawaii, USA
Death
28 Jan 1986 (aged 39)
Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida, USA
Burial
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot
Section D, Site 1
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Astronaut. Born in Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii, he was a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force and served as a NASA Mission Specialist Astronaut. At Kennedy Space Center, Florida, January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after the launch taking the life of Onizuka and six other crew members.
Astronaut. Born in Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii, he was a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force and served as a NASA Mission Specialist Astronaut. At Kennedy Space Center, Florida, January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after the launch taking the life of Onizuka and six other crew members.

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LT COL US AIR FORCE
ASTRONAUT - CHALLENGER 51L

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  • Added: Apr 25, 1998
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2428/ellison_shoji-onizuka: accessed ), memorial page for Ellison Shoji Onizuka (24 Jun 1946–28 Jan 1986), Find a Grave Memorial ID 2428, citing National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.