| Eddie Rickenbacker  AKA Edward Vernon Rickenbacher
Born: 8-Oct-1890
Birthplace: Columbus, OH
Died: 23-Jul-1973
Location of death: Zürich, Switzerland
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH
Gender: Male
Religion: Christian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Aviator, Auto Racing Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI Military service: US Army (Commander, 94th Aero Pursuit Squadron, WWI) Father: William Rickenbacher (d. 1902)
Mother: Elizabeth Basler
Brother: William (older)
Wife: Adelaide Frost (b. 21-Apr-1885, m. 16-Sep-1922, d. 2-Feb-1977, suicide)
Son: David (adopted, b. 1925)
Son: William (adopted, b. 1928)
Eastern Airlines President
North American Aviation VP and General Manager, Eastern Air Transport
American Airways, Inc. VP
General Motors VP General Aviation Manufacturing Corporation
Member of the Board of Eastern Airlines (as Chairman, 1954-63)
America First Committee
Croix de Guerre May-1918
Congressional Medal of Honor 1931
National Aviation Hall of Fame
Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses 1957
Silver Buffalo 1944
Plane Crash 26-Feb-1941
Traveled to the USSR Jun-1943
Stroke 1972
Coma 1972
Swiss Ancestry
Risk Factors: Acrophobia
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