Henry A. Byroade

Henry A. Byroade
12th United States Ambassador to Pakistan
In office October 15, 1973 – April 23, 1977
President	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Joseph S. Farland
Succeeded by	Arthur W. Hummel Jr.
United States Ambassador to the Philippines
In office August 29, 1969 – May 25, 1973
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	G. Mennen Williams
Succeeded by	William H. Sullivan
United States Ambassador to Burma
In office September 10, 1963 – June 11, 1968
President	John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by	John Scott Everton
Succeeded by	Arthur W. Hummel Jr.
9th United States Ambassador to Afghanistan
In office March 21, 1959 – January 19, 1962
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy
Preceded by	Sheldon T. Mills
Succeeded by	John M. Steeves
United States Ambassador to South Africa
In office October 9, 1956 – January 24, 1959
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	Edward T. Wailes
Succeeded by	Philip K. Crowe
United States Ambassador to Egypt
In office March 7, 1955 – September 10, 1956
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	Jefferson Caffery
Succeeded by	Raymond A. Hare
2nd Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs
In office April 14, 1952 – January 25, 1955
President	Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	George C. McGhee
Succeeded by	George V. Allen
Military career
Born	July 24, 1913 Maumee Township, Allen County, Indiana
Died	December 31, 1993(1993-12-31) (aged 80) Bethesda, Maryland
Buried	Arlington National Cemetery
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1937-1952
Rank	Brigadier General
Service number	O-20624
Unit	Corps of Engineers
Battles/wars	World War II China-Burma-India Theater Chinese Civil War Marshall Mission
Awards	Legion of Merit (3) Army Distinguished Service Medal Air Medal Order of the Cloud and Banner (third and fourth class) (China)

Henry Alfred Byroade (July 24, 1913 – December 31, 1993) was an American career diplomat.^[1] Over the course of his career, he served in Egypt (1955–1956), South Africa (1956–1959), Afghanistan (1959–1962), Burma (1963–1968), the Philippines (1969–1973), and Pakistan (1973–1977). A 1937 graduate of West Point, he served in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, and oversaw the construction of airfields in India and in China for the Fourteenth Air Force and the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers of the Twentieth Air Force as part of Operation Matterhorn. After the war he was chief of staff to George C. Marshall with the Marshall Mission to China.