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Casualty Info
Home Town Memphis, Tennessee
Last Address Nakhon Phanom RTAFB, Thailand
Casualty Date Jul 08, 1969
Cause MIA-Finding of Death
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Laos
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Major Andre was a member of the Nimrods flying secret missions over Laos.
Major James E. Sizemore and Major Howard V. Andre Jr. comprised an A-26 team stationed at Nakhon Phanom, assigned a mission over the Plain of Jars region of Xiangkhoang Province, Laos on 8 July 1969. Sizemore was the pilot and Andre the navigator on the flight.
When the aircraft was about 12 miles south of the city of Ban Na Mai, it was downed by hostile fire. A ground team subsequently furnished unspecified information that Sizemore and Andre could not have survived. Both were classified Killed in Action/Body Not Recovered.
Update: His remains were recovered in 2012 and buried in Sep 2013 in Arlington, Section 60 Site 10575.
