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He died on or about October 3, 1988, at the age of 68. His body was found in a warehouse in Baltimore, Maryland.He had gone missing on September 13, 1988, after being placed on a train in Boston bound for Washington, D.C. Byrd was supposed to attend a National Geographic Society event honoring the 100th anniversary of his father's birth, but never arrived.
Byrd was born in Winchester, Virginia, the son of Esther Bolling (Flood) and Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. He was a descendant of one of the First Families of Virginia.His ancestors include planter John Rolfe and his wife Pocahontas, William Byrd II of Westover Plantation, who established Richmond, as well as William Byrd I and Robert "King" Carter, a colonial governor.
The United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941), often referred to as Byrd's Third Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition jointly sponsored by the United States Navy, State Department, Department of the Interior and The Treasury. Although a U.S.-government sponsored expedition, additional support came from donations and gifts by ...
His K9 partner, Sasha, was found unharmed in Byrd’s patrol vehicle. The brothers were arrested Aug. 16, 2022, in Burke County on unrelated federal detainers. They were charged with murder the ...
A bit of trivia about Byrd's son, Richard Evelyn Byrd III or Richard E. Byrd, Jr.; he was known (unbeknownst to him, but probably affectionately) among Navy personnel as "Dickey Byrd". I heard this from my father, who met both Byrds (senior and junior) while serving as a junior officer about the U.S.S. Wyandot during the first Operation Deep ...
Authorities confirm death of father, son Main said that the family member discovered that the 48-year-old father was dead, the outlets reported. When authorities arrived, they used a tool to force ...
"On Thursday, January 25, 2024, at 10:25 a.m., Shane Hedrick called 911 to report he had checked on his son, who was sleeping in his crib, and found he was dead," the sheriff's office stated in a ...
It features Chief of Naval Operations Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz in a scene where he is discussing Operation HIGHJUMP with admirals Byrd and Cruzen. The film re-enacted scenes of critical events, such as shipboard damage control and Admiral Byrd throwing items out of an airplane to lighten it to avoid crashing into a mountain.