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HOWARD VINCENT ANDRE JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
March 18, 1935 – July 8, 1969
Service recordHoward Vincent Andre JR, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 8, 1969, in Laos, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 609 SOP SQ
- Born
- March 18, 1935
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “609 SOP SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 80
- VERNON DARYLE ARTISPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
- BISHOP SKIP BARANOWSKISpecialist Four · July 8, 1969
- GEORGE HUTCHINSON BEASLEYStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1969
- THOMAS BROOKS JRPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ELMO SIZEMOREMajor · Panel 21W, Line 86
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.