James Benson Irwin (1930 - 1991)

Born 17 Mar 1930 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ellen (Monroe) Irwin — married 4 Sep 1959 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States

Died 8 Aug 1991 at age 61 in Glenwood Springs, Garfield, Colorado, United States

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Biography

James Irwin is Notable.

James Benson "Jim" Irwin (March 17, 1930 – August 8, 1991) (Col, USAF) was an American astronaut, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and a United States Air Force pilot.

He served as lunar module pilot for Apollo 15 with David Scott and Al Worden, the fourth human lunar landing. He was the eighth person to walk on the Moon and the first, and youngest, of those astronauts to die.

Father: James Irwin
Mother: Elsie M Strebel^[1]

1930	Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA.
1940	Census: [2] Household Role Sex Age Birthplace James Irwin Head Male 44 Pennsylvania Else Irwin Wife Female 41 Pennsylvania James Irwin Son Male 10 Pennsylvania Charles Irwin Son Male 5 Pennsylvania
1951	Bachelor of Science in Naval Science, United States Naval Academy. joined the US Air Force. During his Air Force career, he was awarded the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal.	Air Force Distinguished Service
1957	Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering and Instrumentation Engineering, University of Michigan.
1966	Selected by NASA in Astronauts Group 5. [3]
1971	Flew on Apollo 15 as LM Pilot with David Scott and Alfred Worden. Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. [4]
	Apollo 15	NASA Distinguished Service
1972	Resigned from the Air Force and NASA.
1991	Died in Glenwood Springs, Garfield, Colorado, USA.[5]
1997	Inducted into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame. [6]

Sources

1. ↑ "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com.Ancestry Record 60901 #39532175
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQZ7-RX8 : accessed 26 January 2017), James Irwin in household of James Irwin, Ward 19, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh City, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 69-577, sheet 62A, line 21, family 187, 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 3669.
3. ↑ Wikipedia List of Astronauts, by Year
4. ↑ Agency Awards Historical Recipient List
5. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRP-NZ96 : accessed 13 January 2019), James Benson Irwin, Colorado, United States, 10 Aug 1991; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Rocky Mountain News, born-digital text.
6. ↑ Hall of Fame Bio

See also:

• Wikipedia: James Irwin
• Wikidata: Item Q297801, en:Wikipedia
• Find A Grave: Memorial #1782
• Ancestry Profile