World War II Honoree

Lloyd L. Andrews

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Shelby, Texas

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Private 1st Class. On February 10, 1942, he entered the United States Army at Camp Wolters, Texas, deployed to England after the completion of his Combat Infantry Training. He served as a member of the 66th Infantry 'Black Panther' Division assigned to India Company, 3rd Battalion an element of the 262nd Infantry Regiment. Sunday December 24, 1944 while crossing the English Channel during his deployment from Southampton, England to France, aboard the SS Leopoldville, the troopship came under attack by the German Submarine, U-486. The Submarine Commander fired two torpedoes, striking the ship, which began to sink slowing in the frigid waters five miles from the coastal shoreline of Cherbourg, France with a loss of 802 lives. Reported missing in action, lost at sea Monday, December 25, 1944 and in remembrance of the Brave, they have recorded his name in the Tablets of the Missing at the Normandy American Cemetery located at Colleville-sur-Mer, France. His family has placed a Memorial Marker at the Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery in Nacogdoches, Texas in his memory. This Soldier, an American Patriot, awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, who so gallantly gave his life for his country.