Rank and Name, Technical Sergeant William Ned Andrews.
Unit/Placed in, 28th Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Group, Very Heavy.
William is born approx. on Feb. 13, 1920 in Aurora, Utah.
Father, Levar Andrews.
Mother, Reva (Harding) Andrews.
Sister(s), Evelyn, Maxine, Roberta Andrews.
William enlisted the service in Utah with service number # 39829446.
William ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-29 were,
1st Lt. James E. Hewitt Pilot
F/O Gerald E. Boleyn Co Pilot
F/O Charles S. Appleby Bombardier
1st Lt. John W. Gothie Radar Observer
2nd Lt. Wayne A. Whitley Navigator
S/Sgt. Ben Thornton Radio Operator
T/Sgt. William N. Andrews Engineer
Corp. Robert J. Zancker Gunner
Corp. Frederick A. Stearns Gunner
Corp. Martin W. O’Brien Jr. Gunner
Corp. Robert R. Sawdye Tail Gunner
Capt. Louis W. Nelson Passenger
William was KIA no record on July 27, 1945, he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army & Air Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
William is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Memory Grove Memorial, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA.
Thanks to, http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/19th_Bombardment_Group.html
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
