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