Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr.

Born: 2 October 1935, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Nationality: American

Died: 8 December 1967 (Crash of a F-104 at Edwards AFB, California)

Trained for the MOL until his death. Lawrence was the first African-American to be chosen for spaceflight training. Had he lived, he would have been eligible to transfer to NASA when the MOL was cancelled.