Howard Vincent Andre Jr.

Vietnam War
Unit609th Special Operations Squadron
RankMajor U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromMemphis Tennessee
Date of DeathJuly 8 1969
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
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Notes
Major Andre was a member of the 609th Special Operations Squadron, Nakhon Phanom Airfield, Thailand. On July 8, 1969, he was the navigator of a Douglas Counter Invader Attack Aircraft (A-26A) on a hunter killer mission over the plain of Jars region of Xiangkhoang Province, Laos. When about 12 miles south of Ban Na Mai, his aircraft was shot down. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. MAJ Andre's remains have been recovered and identified.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.