Rank: Sergeant
Unit: F Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary (Korea) Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 26-Feb-1947
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 31-Oct-1966
Start of tour: 2-Aug-1970
Incident date: 17-Apr-1971
Date of casualty: 17-Apr-1971
Age at death: 24
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Willis Norwood Andrews was killed while he was enroute to a night defensive position when a hostile force was encountered. / Enroute to Night Defensive Position (NDP). Engaged hostile force in firefight.
Five Blackhorse troopers died as a result of this incident:
SGT Willis Norwood Andrews
SP4 Fidencio Flores Jr
1LT Phillip Lewis Lee
SP5 George James Orr
SP4 Gary Lee Reynolds
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 523 316
Place of interment: Evarts Memorial Gardens, Kildav, Kentucky, USA
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