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[[Image:JGlenn.jpg|right|thumb|200px|John Glenn]]
[[Image:JGlenn.jpg|right|thumb|200px|John Glenn]]
'''John Herschel Glenn''' (Cambridge, Ohio, 1921 - ) was the first American [[astronaut]] to orbit the [[earth]] and the oldest person to orbit the earth.
'''John Herschel Glenn''' (Cambridge, Ohio, 1921 - December 8th, 2016 ) was the first American [[astronaut]] to orbit the [[earth]] and the oldest person to orbit the earth.
Glenn served as a [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] pilot in [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]]. He flew 59 missions in the [[F4U Corsair]] in the last year of World War II, and flew the [[F9F Panther]] and F-86 Saber over Korea, shooting down three [[MiG-15|MiGs]] in the Saber. On February 20, 1962, Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth, doing so three times in the space capsule ''Friendship 7''.
Glenn served as a [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] pilot in [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]]. He flew 59 missions in the [[F4U Corsair]] in the last year of World War II, and flew the [[F9F Panther]] and F-86 Saber over Korea, shooting down three [[MiG-15|MiGs]] in the Saber. On February 20, 1962, Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth, doing so three times in the space capsule ''Friendship 7''.