15 July 1967 – T.H. Herndon was flying F-100D #563275. Enroute to a target of 150 Vietcong in a treeline, he was hit by 57mm AAA during a climb. He ejected and was recovered by USAF Helo. Herndon was serving with the 531st TFS out of Bien Hoa AB.
Capt George Robert Andrews was born on November 4, 1943, in the District of Columbia. He was serving with the 615th TFS out of Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. This was George’s 2nd tour of Vietnam. He had only been in the country two days before flying his F-100D #563069 on a close air support mission near Thuy Dong, about 30 miles west of Saigon. His aircraft was hit by ground fire as he was making a weapons run against an enemy sampan.
Captain Andrews did not eject before the aircraft impacted in an un-survivable crash.
George had a wife and two children at the time of the crash. He is buried at Jefferson Reformed Church Cem, Jefferson, Frederick Co, Maryland. (1)
Capt. Andrews is remembered by the Big Spring Vietnam Memorial and by the Permian Basin Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial. He was married to Gayle Carrol Andrews of Big Spring. A son born in Big Spring in 1964 later served in the U.S. Army.
Source: https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/1164/GEORGE-R-ANDREWS/
