Richard Evelyn Byrd III

Richard Evelyn Byrd III (February 19, 1920 – c. October 3, 1988) was a United States naval officer, Antarctic explorer, and the son of Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd.

They had four children – Richard Evelyn Byrd III, Evelyn Bolling Byrd Clarke, Katharine Agnes Byrd Breyer, and Helen Byrd Stabler.

The younger Richard was a graduate of Milton Academy and Harvard College.

The younger Richard was a graduate of Milton Academy and Harvard College.

During World War II he was commissioned an ensign in the Naval Reserve on April 6, 1942 and was promoted to lieutenant (junior grade) on January 1, 1944.

He accompanied his father on Operation Highjump to explore Antarctica in 1946.

He accompanied his father on Operation Highjump to explore Antarctica in 1946.

2006), the daughter of longtime Massachusetts Senator Leverett Saltonstall.

He worked as a financial advisor with Morgan Stanley.

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.

The cause of his death was dehydration and malnutrition which resulted from Alzheimer's disease.

He was buried, near his father, in Arlington National Cemetery.