United States of America
U.S. Navy · United States 
Lieutenant Commander Roger Bruce Chaffee served the U.S. Navy for 9 years. Roger served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Roger was 31 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Accident
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Keepsakes
Service Record
Awards & Decorations
4
For valor
For service and achievement
Foreign awards
NASA Distinguished Service Medal posthumous
Conferred by Congress
Memorials
Space Mirror Memorial
Also Remembered
Apollo 1
Burial Information
Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
Section
3
Grave
2502-F
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Roger Bruce Chaffee
Lieutenant Commander
U.S. Navy
1957 - 1967
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