Andre, Howard Vincient, Jr., Maj

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Major

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1535Z-Navigator

Last AFSC Group
Aircrew

Primary Unit
1968-1969, 1535Z, 56th Special Operations Wing

Service Years
1957 - 1969

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Tennessee

Year of Birth
1935

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Casualty Info

Home Town Memphis, Tennessee	Last Address Nakhon Phanom RTAFB, Thailand

Casualty Date Jul 08, 1969
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

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Association Memberships


	2012, Vietnam Veterans Memorial [Verified] - Assoc. Page
	2013, American Battle Monuments Commission

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Current Photo

Service Photo

Current Photo

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Unit Assignments


	1968-1969, 1535Z, 609th Special Operations Squadron
	1968-1969, 1535Z, 56th Special Operations Wing

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1968-1969 Non-operation sorties/Reconnaissance missions over Laos

Colleges Attended



	1953-1957, United States Naval Academy

My Aircraft/Missiles


	1968-1969, A-26 (B-26) Invader

Additional Information

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.

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
http://www.abmc.gov/node/511410#.V371T1eBe0g
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/HOWARD_V._ANDRE,_JR.,_MAJ,_USAF