Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2003. Official Military Personnel Files, 1947 - 1998. Official Military Personnel File for Virgil I. Grissom.

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2003. Official Military Personnel Files, 1947 - 1998. Official Military Personnel File for Virgil I. Grissom.

1943-1980

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/57287566

This Official Military Personnel File includes records from the following folders: Service Documents (November 1943-April 1967); Field File/Jacket or Record Book (November 1943-March 1951); Correspondence (January 1967-September 1980); Awards, Decorations, & Commendations (March 1952-April 1967); Efficiency/Fitness Reports (July 1951-March 1966); Medical Records (October 1943-April 1966); Photographs & Negatives (October 1964).

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National Archives at St. Louis

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SNAC Resource ID: 11654203

National Archives at St. Louis

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Grissom, Virgil I. (Virgil Ivan), 1926-1967

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Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (b. April 3, 1926-d. Jan. 27, 1967) was born in Mitchell, Indiana. An Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, received his wings in March 1951. He flew 100 combat missions in Korea in F-86s with the 334th Fighter Interceptor Squadron and, upon returning to the United States in 1952, became a jet instructor at Bryan, Texas. In August 1955, he entered the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to study Aeronautical Engineering. He attended the T...