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HOWARD RIVERS ANDREWS JR
Captain · U.S. Army
September 3, 1942 – April 17, 1970
Service recordHoward Rivers Andrews JR, of Huntsville, Alabama, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Judge Advocate Or Judge Advocate General (8103)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Alabama (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1970; ten of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 16
- RAFAEL COLON-SANTOSSergeant · April 17, 1970
- ALVIN EUCLID CROSSChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 17, 1970
- DEAN ALLEN HARIGWarrant Officer 1 · April 17, 1970
- WILLIAM KENNETH HUNTERSpecialist Four · April 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN EUCLID CROSSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 16
- DEAN ALLEN HARIGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 16
- WILLIAM KENNETH HUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 16
- HOWARD DENNIS LANDRYPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 17
- FREDERICK CURTIS MARSHSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 17
- HARVEY DAVID ROGERS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 18
- FREDERICK M SIMEONOFFWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 19
- JACK DEWAYNE TUGGLE JRSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 19
- BARCLAY LEONARD VOLKStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 19
- MICHAEL JOSEPH WEIKSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 19
From Huntsville
- ANTHONY D SHEFFIELDSergeant · December 9, 1965
- WILLIAM ALFRED BASON IIPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- MARION FRANKLIN ACTONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JAMES ANTHONY KIGERLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- LAVLE JIMMY HALLLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- JAMES EARL PERRYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROBERT L MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JAMES EDMOND HUFFSergeant · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT IVAN RICELance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- LARRY GENE CLARKLance Corporal · February 4, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.