William McCool
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William Cameron McCool (1961 - 2003)

Cdr William Cameron "Willie" McCool aka Graham
Born in San Diego, San Diego, California, United Statesmap
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Son of [father unknown] and [private mother (1940s - unknown)]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died at age 41 in Over Texas, United Statesmap
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Biography

Born William C Graham[1]

His mother Audrey (Huck) remarried on 15 Aug 1969 in San Diego City, California, USA to a Navy pilot, Barent "Barry" McCool,[2] who became Willie's adoptive father. [3]

William Cameron "Willie" McCool (September 23, 1961 – February 1, 2003), (Cmdr, USN), was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut, who was the pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107.

1961 Born in San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.
1983 Bachelor of Science in Applied Science, United States Naval Academy. During his Navy career, he was awarded the Defense Distinguished Service Medal.
Defense
Distinguished
Service
1985 Master of Science in Computer Science, University of Maryland.
1992 Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.
1996 Selected by NASA in Astronauts Group 16. [4]
2003 Flew on Columbia STS-107 as Pilot with Rick Husband, David M. Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Michael P. Anderson, Laurel B. Clark and Ilan Ramon. Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal and the NASA Space Flight Medal. [5] Died when the Columbia broke apart during reentry.
NASA
Distinguished
Service
STS-107
NASA
Space Flight
2004 Awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. [6]
Congressional
Space Medal
of Honor

Sources

  1. "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," Ancestry.com. Ancestry Record 5247 #8018255
  2. "California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985," Ancestry.com. Ancestry Record 1144 #2180017
  3. Memorial Hall
  4. Wikipedia List of Astronauts, by Year
  5. Agency Awards Historical Recipient List
  6. Congressional Space Medal of Honor Recipients

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