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Home Town Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii
Date of Passing Jan 28, 1986
Location of Interment National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (VA) - Honolulu, Hawaii
He successfully flew into space with the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51-C, before losing his life in the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger, where he was serving as Mission Specialist for mission STS-51-L. He was the first Asian American to reach space.
