Michael Anthony Andrews

Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks — Jackson, MS

Accident

End of Watch November 11, 2002

Age 43

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Master Sergeant Michael Andrews was killed in an automobile crash at 6:40 pm while responding to a report of poachers using their headlights to spotlight deer near Tylertown, Walthall County.

He lost control of his department pickup truck on rain-slicked Harveytown Road and struck a pine tree.

Sergeant Andrews had served with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks for nine years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Master Sergeant Andrews gave the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Jackson community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Master Sergeant Andrews.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

Location Jackson, MS

Platform Identity mdwfpcons.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 11, 2002

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

Age 43

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Master Sergeant Michael Anthony Andrews is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In MS, 89 of 349 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 25.5% of this state's fallen. That is 5.5 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, 5 of 11 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 45.5% of this agency's fallen.

Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

of 11 officers

45.5% Accident

MS — Statewide

of 349 officers

25.5% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident