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MICHAEL WILLIAM MCANDREWS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 17, 1948 – December 23, 1970
Service recordMichael William McAndrews, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1970, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 2
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Pilot, Single Engine (101B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1970. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
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
Also on Panel 5W, Line 2
- RAYMOND DONALD KAMINSKIPrivate First Class · December 23, 1970
- JESSIE RAY LINDLERPrivate First Class · December 23, 1970
- ERVIN JEROME MURRELLPrivate · December 23, 1970
- THOMAS WILLIAM SHAWPrivate · December 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY PRESTON BOOTHSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 1
- BAIN WENDELL WISEMAN JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 4
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 1967
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.