Herbert Wendell Andridge Jr.

Korean War
Service #6618A
Unit67 FTR BOMB SQ 18 FTR BOMB GP
RankMajor U.S. Air Force
Date of DeathApril 10 1951
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
8
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
World War II Victory Medal
For his leadership and valor, Major Andridge was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Air Medal with 11 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation, the Republic of Korea War Service Medal and the World War II Victory Medal.
Notes
Major Andridge was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was the pilot of a RF-51D Mustang fighter bomber with the 67th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Group. On April 10, 1951, while on a combat mission of strafing enemy positions, his aircraft crashed into a hill. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.