Bob Overmyer
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Robert Franklyn Overmyer (1936 - 1996)

Col Robert Franklyn (Bob) Overmyer
Born in Lorain, Lorain, Ohio, United Statesmap
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[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of [private wife (1930s - unknown)]
Descendants descendants
Father of [private daughter (1960s - unknown)], and [private son (1970s - unknown)]
Died at age 59 in Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Robert Franklyn "Bob" Overmyer (July 14, 1936 – March 22, 1996), (Col, USMC), was an American test pilot, naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, physicist, United States Marine Corps officer, and USAF/NASA astronaut.

Father: Rolandus Overmyer
Mother: Margaret J Fabian[1]

1936 Born in Lorain, Lorain, Ohio, USA.
1958 Bachelor of Science in Physics, Baldwin Wallace College, entered active duty with the Marine Corps. During his Marine Corps career, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Meritorious Service Medal.
Distinguished
Flying
Cross
Meritorious
Service
1964 Master of Science in Aeronautics, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.
1966 Selected for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program, by USAF in USAF Group 2. [2]
1969 Selected by NASA in Astronauts Group 7. [3]
1982 Flew on Columbia STS-5 with Joseph P. Allen, Vance Brand and William Lenoir, awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his first of 2. [4]
STS-5
NASA
Space Flight
1985 Flew on Challenger STS-51-B with Norman Thagard, William E. Thornton, Lodewijk van den Berg, Taylor Wang, Frederick Gregory and Don Lind, awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his second of 2. [4]
STS-51-B
NASA
Space Flight
1986 Retired from NASA and the Marine Corps.
1996 Died in Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, USA.

Sources

  1. "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com.Ancestry Record 60901 #20202988
  2. Wikipedia List of Astronauts, 1966
  3. Wikipedia List of Astronauts, 1969
  4. 4.0 4.1 Agency Awards Historical Recipient List

See also:

  • Wikipedia: Robert F Overmyer
  • Wikidata: Item Q519149, en:Wikipedia help.gif
  • Find A Grave: Memorial #7146889
  • Personal Ancestry Profile of Gil Davis
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWPY-RZN : accessed 26 January 2017), Robert Franklyn Overmyer in household of Rolandus Overmyer, Ward 1, Cleveland City, Cleveland City, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 92-16, sheet 5A, line 10, family 123, 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 3203.




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Overmyer-229 and Overmyer-291 appear to represent the same person because: I would like to get the information added for my father's profile so it includes the Spouse and Children information. I wasn't able to edit his original wikitree ID, so I've provided the information in the duplicate id.

Thanks, Patty (Armstrong) Overmyer

posted on Overmyer-291 (merged) by Patricia (Overmyer) Armstrong