Tracy Hammer

Age: 29

Summary: doctoral student in microbiology and veterinary medicine at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan who was among one of 230 passengers and crew members reported missing and feared dead in the fiery crash of TWA Flight 800 when the ill-fated Boeing 747 jumbo jet mysteriously exploded in mid-air and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern coast of Long Island, New York shortly after takeoff from New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport while she was traveling with mother Beverly Hammer to Tours, France for a meeting of the International Society of Animal Genetics.

Cause of Death: Killed in TWA Flight 800 airplane accident

Born: May 5, 1967

Died: July 17, 1996

Location: East Moriches, New York