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Home State
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Year of Birth
1935 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
SSgt Robert Bruce McClelland, Jr.
to remember
Andre, Howard Vincient, Jr., Maj.
If you knew or served with this Airman and have additional information or photos to support this Page, please leave a message for the Page Administrator(s) HERE.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Memphis, Tennessee |
Last Address
Nakhon Phanom RTAFB, Thailand
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Casualty Date
Jul 08, 1969 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died while Missing |
Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land |
Location
Laos |
Conflict
Vietnam War |
Location of Interment
Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, Virginia |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Panel W21 Line 80/Section 60 Site 10575 |
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Last Known Activity
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.
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Comments/Citation
Sources:
www.courierpress.com/news/2013/sep/23/air-force-pilot-buried/
www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/1144/HOWARD-V-ANDRE-JR
www.pownetwork.org/bios/a/a367.htm
www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/andre%3Dhoward
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/HOWARD_V._ANDRE,_JR.,_MAJ,_USAF
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