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John Herschel Glenn, Jr., was born in Cambridge, Ohio, on July 18, 1921, the son of John Herschel and Clara Sproat Glenn. At age two, young John moved with his parents to New Concord, where his father opened a plumbing business.
Dec 8, 2016 · Glenn Jr. was only a toddler when he met Anna Margaret (Annie) Castor, who would later become his wife. The two John Herschel Glenn Jr. was born on July 18, 1921, in Cambridge, Ohio, the son of John Herschel Glenn Sr., who worked for a plumbing firm, and Clara Teresa née Sproat, a teacher.
Dec 8, 2016 · John Herschel Glenn Jr was born 18 Jul 1921 in Cambridge, Ohio, United States. He was the son of John Herschel Glenn and Clara Sproat. John met his wife Anna Margaret Castor while they still infants and their parents became good friends. She was always known as Annie, the daughter of town dentist.
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Here is a look at the life of John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth and a former US senator.
Birth date: July 18, 1921
Death date: December 8, 2016
Birth place: Cambridge, Ohio
Birth name: John Herschel Glenn Jr.
Father: John Glenn Sr., a plumber
Mother: Clara (Sproat) Glenn, a teacher
Flew a total of 149 missions during World War II and the Korean War and received multiple medals and decorations, including the Distinguished Flying Cross on six occasions.
He was the last surviving astronaut of the original seven from Project Mercury.
March 1942 - Enlists in the Naval Aviation Cadet Program and upon completing flight training in 1943, becomes a pilot for the US Marines.
1944 - Flies 59 combat missions during his World War II service.
1953 - Flies a total of 90 combat missions in Korea: 63 missions with Marine Fighter Squadron 311 and 27 missions with the Fifth US Air Force.
1954-1956 - After the Korean conflict, Glenn attends test pilot school at the Naval Air Test Center in Maryland.
1957 - Sets the speed record flying from Los Angeles to New York in three hours and 23 minutes.
April 1959 - NASA selects Glenn as one of seven astronauts for Project Mercury.
When Glenn was two years old his family moved to New Concord, Ohio, where his father, John Herschel Glenn, Sr., opened a plumbing business. His mother, Clara Sproat Glenn, was a schoolteacher and a graduate of Muskingum College located in New Concord.
When John Herschel Glenn Jr was born on 18 July 1921, in Cambridge, Guernsey, Ohio, United States, his father, John Herschel Glenn Sr., was 26 and his mother, Clara Theresa Sproat, was 24. He married Anna Margaret "Annie" Castor on 6 April 1943, in New Concord, Muskingum, Ohio, United States.
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John Herschel Glenn Jr. was born on July 18, 1921, in Cambridge, Ohio, the son of John Herschel Glenn Sr. (1895–1966), who worked for a plumbing firm, and Clara Teresa Glenn (née Sproat; 1897–1971), a teacher.
