| Birth: | Feb. 19, 1920 | | Death: | Oct. 3, 1988 | 
-- graduate of Milton Academy and Harvard University
-- served in the US Navy in the Pacific in WWII
-- accompanied his father RADM Byrd on 1947 Antarctica expedition
-- grandson of Richard Evelyn Byrd, Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates 1908-1914
-- son of RADM Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr USN aviator and polar explorer
-- nephew of Senator Harry F Byrd Sr (VA)
He has been referred to as Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr although the "Jr" designation was his father's
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Parents:
Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888 - 1957)
Marie Donaldson Ames Byrd (1889 - 1974)
| | | Burial:
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
Arlington County
Virginia, USA
Plot: Section 2 Site 4968-8 |
Created by: A Horan
Record added: May 06, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 69446811 |
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