The first person to travel into space three times and the only person to fly in all of America's first three space programs.
He held the rank of First Class in Troop 36 as a Boy Scout.
He flew on Mercury-Atlas 8, Gemini 6A, and Apollo 7.
He married Josephine Fraser in 1946 and had two children.
He and Alan Shepard were part of the Mercury Seven.
