Timeline
Birth- 18 Nov 1923
Derry, New Hampshire
1775 - 2099Other Service- Ages: 50 - 20 years
Conflict Period
Other Service
Branch
Navy
Service Start Date
1 Jan 1944
Rank
Rear Admiral (Upper Half)
Service End Date
1 Jan 1974
Served For
United States of America
1939 - 1945World War II- Age: 20 years
Conflict Period
World War II
Branch
Navy
Ship
USS Cogswell
Service Start Date
1 Jan 1944
Served For
United States of America
Employment: Space flights
Freedom 7 (5 May 1961); Apollo 14 (31 Jan–9 Feb 1971)
Education: Place
Annapolis, Maryland
Education: To
1 Jan 1944
Education: Institution
US Naval Academy
Occupation
Navy test pilot; NASA astronaut
Education: Place
Newport, Rhode Island
Education: Institution
Naval War College
Education: To
1 Jan 1957
Employment: End Date
1 Jan 1974
Employment: Start Date
1 Jan 1959
Employment: Employer
NASA
Employment: Awards
NASA's Distinguised Service Medal
Death- 21 Jul 1998-Age: 75 years
Pebble Beach, California
Leukemia
Other Facts
Social Security
***-**-3020
Last Residence
Pebble Beach, CA
Unknown Code (FO)
Father
Alan B. Shepard, Sr.
Mother
Renza Emerson
Full Name
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr.
Also known as
"Al" Shepard
Full Name
Alan B Shepard
Marriage
Louise Brewer
