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Casualty Info
Home Town Vinemont, AL
Last Address Cullman, AL
Casualty Date Mar 07, 1953
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Other Accident
Location Alabama
Conflict Korean War
Location of Interment Vinemont Baptist Cemetery - Vinemont, Alabama
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
Seaman Andrews served aboard the destroyer USS Herbert J. Thomas (DD-883) in Korean waters. He was listed as Missing in Action while engaged with the enemy in Korea on March 7, 1953. His remains were not recovered.
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Service number: 9099039
The information contained in this profile was compiled from various internet sources.
Description Third Korean Winter, 1 December 1952 - 30 April 1953. Meanwhile the armistice talks had stalled. Discord over several issues, but principally the exchange of prisoners of war, had prevented any agreement in the latter part of 1951. This disagreement was heightened in January 1952. The U.N. delegates proposed to give captives a choice of repatriation, so that those who did not wish to return to Communist control could be repatriated elsewhere. The enemy delegates protested vigorously, insisting that all captives held by the Eighth Army be returned to their side. When the enemy failed to respond to U.N. efforts to settle the question, the U.N. delegation on 7 October called an indefinite recess in the armistice negotiations. Both military operations and armistice talks remained stalemated and, as the year 1952 ended, peace prospects seemed as remote as at its beginning.
