S. David Griggs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

S. David Griggs

United States admiral

Date of Birth: 07-Sep-1939

Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon, United States

Date of Death: 17-Jun-1989

Profession: astronaut, military officer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Stanley David Griggs (September 7, 1939 – June 17, 1989) was a United States Navy officer and a NASA astronaut.
He is credited with conducting the first unscheduled extra-vehicular activity of the space program during Space Shuttle mission STS-51-D.
Griggs was killed when the vintage World War II-era training aircraft he was piloting – a North American AT-6D (registration N3931S) – crashed near Earle, Arkansas.