He was given a hero 's funeral , his ashes interred in the Kremlin Wall .
Colonel Gagarin died on March 27 , 1968 when the MiG - 15 airplane he was piloting crashed near Moscow .
Gagarin was given a hero 's funeral , Gagarin 's ashes interred in the Kremlin Wall .
Colonel Gagarin died on March 27 , 1968 when the MiG - 15 airplane he was piloting crashed near Moscow .