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SAN DIEGO (AP) - Three former astronauts remembered colleague Walter "Wally" Schirra as a top-notch aviator, national hero and inveterate prankster Monday at a memorial service.
Schirra, who died May 3 in San Diego at age 84, was one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts and the fifth American in space. More than 200 friends, relatives and former colleagues attended the private service at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.
"Wally, I thank you for what you have done for me," former Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter said. "And I thank you for what you have done for the nation and the science of space flight."
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