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Cohen B. Byrd

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Cohen B. Byrd Veteran

Birth
Death
10 Mar 1970 (aged 51)
Burial
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.6984167, Longitude: -105.9493417
Plot
V, 1716
Memorial ID
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Col Byrd retired in 1961 after 20 years of service. He then settled his family in Albequerque NM and went to work for the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). While on a business trip for the AEC in 1970 his plane crashed in a snowstorm in Nevada. His wife, Joyce (Moore) Byrd, was also a US Army Col having served in WW II, Korea, and Vietnam. She is also buried in the Santa Fe National Cemetery.
Col Byrd retired in 1961 after 20 years of service. He then settled his family in Albequerque NM and went to work for the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). While on a business trip for the AEC in 1970 his plane crashed in a snowstorm in Nevada. His wife, Joyce (Moore) Byrd, was also a US Army Col having served in WW II, Korea, and Vietnam. She is also buried in the Santa Fe National Cemetery.

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