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Members of the Air Force Honor Guard bear the remains of MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Evander Earl Andrews; Operation ENDURING FREEDOM's first reported American casualty, to his final resting place in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C. MSGT Andrews, 36, Solon, Maine, was assigned to the 366th Civil Engineer Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, as a heavy equipment operator. He died on October 10, 2001, in a forklift accident while building an airstrip in Aludeid, Qatar, in the Persian Gulf. MSGT Andrews is survived by his wife Judy, four children, a sister and his parents Mary and Obder Andrews

Members of the Air Force Honor Guard fold the flag draping the casket of MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Evander Earl Andrews; Operation ENDURING FREEDOM's first reported American casualty, to his final resting place in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C. MSGT Andrews, 36, Solon, Maine, was assigned to the 366th Civil Engineer Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, as a heavy equipment operator. He died on October 10, 2001, in a forklift accident while building an airstrip in Aludeid, Qatar, in the Persian Gulf. MSGT Andrews is survived by his wife Judy, four children, a sister and his parents Mary and Obder Andrews

Mary Andrews says goodbye to her son, MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Evander Earl Andrews, USAF, at his final resting place in Arlington National Cemetery. MSGT Andrews is Operation ENDURING FREEDOM's first reported American casualty. MSGT Andrews, 36, Solon, Maine, was assigned to the 366th Civil Engineer Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, as a heavy equipment operator. He died on October 10, 2001, in a forklift accident while building an airstrip in Aludeid, Qatar, in the Persian Gulf

Members of the Air Force Honor Guard fold the flag draping the casket of MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Evander Earl Andrews; Operation ENDURING FREEDOM's first reported American casualty, to his final resting place in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C. MSGT Andrews, 36, Solon, Maine, was assigned to the 366th Civil Engineer Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, as a heavy equipment operator. He died on October 10, 2001, in a forklift accident while building an airstrip in Aludeid, Qatar, in the Persian Gulf. MSGT Andrews is survived by his wife Judy, four children, a sister and his parents Mary and Obder Andrews

Arlington chaplain Colonel (COL) Richard K. Hum, USAF, presents the US flag which draped the casket of MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Evander Earl Andrews, USAF; Operation ENDURING FREEDOM's first reported American casualty, to his widow Judy, accompanied by their children and his parents, Mary and Obder Andrews, at Arlington National Cemetery. MSGT Andrews, 36, Solon, Maine, was assigned to the 366th Civil Engineer Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, as a heavy equipment operator. He died on October 10, 2001, in a forklift accident while building an airstrip in Aludeid, Qatar, in the Persian Gulf

At Arlington National Cemetery, Ethan, the son of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM's first reported American casualty, MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Evander Earl Andrews, USAF, consoled by family friend and spokesman Major (MAJ) (ret.) Thomas Westall. MSGT Andrews, 36, Solon, Maine, was assigned to the 366th Civil Engineer Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, as a heavy equipment operator. He died on October 10, 2001, in a forklift accident while building an airstrip in Aludeid, Qatar, in the Persian Gulf

At Arlington National Cemetery, Ethan, the son of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM's first reported American casualty, MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Evander Earl Andrews, USAF, consoled by family friend and spokesman Major (MAJ) (ret.) Thomas Westall. MSGT Andrews, 36, Solon, Maine, was assigned to the 366th Civil Engineer Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, as a heavy equipment operator. He died on October 10, 2001, in a forklift accident while building an airstrip in Aludeid, Qatar, in the Persian Gulf

At Arlington National Cemetery, Courtney, the daughter of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM's first reported American casualty, MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Evander Earl Andrews, USAF, consoled by family friend and spokesman Major (MAJ) (ret.) Thomas Westall. MSGT Andrews, 36, Solon, Maine, was assigned to the 366th Civil Engineer Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, as a heavy equipment operator. He died on October 10, 2001, in a forklift accident while building an airstrip in Aludeid, Qatar, in the Persian Gulf

Air Force Band Bugler SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) John Purcell, USAF, sounds Taps during the funeral of MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Evander Earl Andrews; Operation ENDURING FREEDOM's first reported American casualty, to his final resting place in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C. MSGT Andrews, 36, Solon, Maine, was assigned to the 366th Civil Engineer Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, as a heavy equipment operator. He died on October 10, 2001, in a forklift accident while building an airstrip in Aludeid, Qatar, in the Persian Gulf

MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Evander Earl Andrews, squadron hat, adorns his casket at Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C. MSGT Andrews is Operation ENDURING FREEDOM's first reported American casualty. MSGT Andrews was assigned to the 366th Civil Engineer Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, as a heavy equipment operator. He died on October 10, 2001, in a forklift accident while building an airstrip in Aludeid, Qatar, in the Persian Gulf

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Base: Arlington National Cemetery

State: Virginia (VA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jim Varhegyi, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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