Capt
Ronald
Ellwin
"Ron"
Evans
Jr
Born in Saint Francis, Cheyenne, Kansas, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Clarence Ellwin Evans
and Marie A (Priebe) Evans
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 56
in Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
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| Created 9 Jan 2017
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Biography
Ronald Evans Jr is Notable.
Ronald Ellwin Evans Jr. (November 10, 1933 – April 7, 1990), (Capt, USN), was an American naval officer and aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut, also one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon.
| 1933 | Born in St. Francis, Kansas, USA. | |||||
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| 1956 | Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Kansas. | |||||
| 1957 | Completed Navy flight training. | |||||
| 1964 | Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. Assigned to Fighter Squadron VF-51, Flew missions in Vietnam War. Awarded eight Air Medals. |
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| 1966 | Selected by NASA in Astronaut Group 5. [1] | |||||
| 1972 | Flew the Apollo Command module America during the last of the Apollo lunar missions, Apollo 17 with Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt. | |||||
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| 1973 | Awarded the Navy Distinguished Service Medal and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. [2] | |||||
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| 1976 | Retired from the Navy as Captain. | |||||
| 1977 | Retired from NASA. Inducted into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame. [3] | |||||
| 1990 | Died of a heart attack in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. |
Sources
- ↑ Wikipedia List of Astronauts, by Year
- ↑ Agency Awards Historical Recipient List
- ↑ Hall of Fame Bio
See also:
- Wikipedia: Ronald Evans
- Wikidata: Item Q313543, en:Wikipedia
- Find A Grave: Memorial #167176552
- Ancestry.com link
- "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3NZ-1P1 : 20 May 2014), Ronald E Evans, 07 Apr 1990; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRVG-NNV : accessed 26 January 2017), Ronald E Evans in household of Clarence E Evans, St. Francis, Wano Township, Cheyenne, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 12-18, sheet 2B, line 64, family 43, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1224.
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