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Headstone of Francis Richard Scobee
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Francis Richard Scobee

Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee

Major
1939 – 1986
Defense Distinguished Service MedalCongressional Space Medal of HonorNASA Distinguished Service MedalNASA Space Flight Medal
Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Also Remembered Memorials Laid to Rest In Our Keeping

Major Francis Richard Scobee served the U.S. Air Force. Francis was 46 years old.

How They Died
Manner Accident
Cause Multiple traumatic injuries
Keepsakes
Francis Scobee
Francis Scobee
Headstone Front of Ellison Shoji Onizuka. Arlington National Cemetery. Shared stone
Headstone Front of Ellison Shoji Onizuka. Arlington National Cemetery.
Headstone Back of Ellison Shoji Onizuka. Arlington National Cemetery. Shared stone
Headstone Back of Ellison Shoji Onizuka. Arlington National Cemetery.
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
Awards & Decorations 4

For valor

Defense Distinguished Service Medal

Foreign awards

NASA Distinguished Service Medal posthumous January 28, 1986
NASA Space Flight Medal

Conferred by Congress

Congressional Space Medal of Honor July 23, 2004
Memorials
Space Mirror Memorial
Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial cut as Francis R. (Dick) Scobee
Also Remembered
Challenger
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Burial Information
Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery
Section 46
Grave 1129-8
In Our Keeping
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Francis Richard Scobee
Major
U.S. Air Force
Major
Defense Distinguished Service Medal Congressional Space Medal of Honor NASA Distinguished Service Medal NASA Space Flight Medal

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