Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr., Lieutenant, United States Navy
Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr.
Lieutenant, United States Navy
** The son of the famed explorer, he was born on February 12, 1920.**
News report:
** "Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr., the son of the famed Arctic explorer, who was found dead on October 3, 1988 in a Baltimore warehouse, died of malnutrition and dehydration to which Alzheimer's disease contributed, Maryland's Medical Examiner has announced.**
** Byrd, 68, who had been missing for three weeks after boarding a train in Boston for a trip to Washington, D.C., apparently got off the train in Baltimore and began wandering, according to the Medical Examiner."**
** Byrd served in the United States Navy in World War II. he is buried next to his parents in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery.**
