Thomas Selfridge
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 116 years ago |
Date of birth | February 8,1882 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | San Francisco |
California | |
United States | |
Date of died | September 17,1908 |
Died | Fort Myer |
Arlington | |
Virginia | |
United States | |
Buried | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States |
Years of service | 1903–1908 |
Service/branch | United States Army |
Job | Balloonist |
Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States |
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ID | 595380 |
Thomas Selfridge Life story
Thomas Etholen Selfridge was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army and the first person to die in an airplane crash. He was also the first active-duty member of the U.S. military to die in a crash while on duty.