{"id":20929,"date":"2024-03-29T14:21:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T20:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/?casualty=andrews-harley-dean"},"modified":"2024-05-10T23:49:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T05:49:27","slug":"andrews-harley-dean","status":"publish","type":"casualty","link":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/?casualty=andrews-harley-dean","title":{"rendered":"Andrews, Harley Dean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date<\/strong>: 9\/11\/2006<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rank<\/strong>: Specialist<\/p>\n<p><strong>Branch<\/strong>: U.S. Army<\/p>\n<p><strong>Operation<\/strong>: Operation Iraqi Freedom<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"566\" height=\"729\" data-id=\"25433\" src=\"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SPC-Harley-D-Andrews.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SPC-Harley-D-Andrews.png 566w, https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SPC-Harley-D-Andrews-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Army Spc. Harley D. Andrews died on September 11, 2006 of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. He was assigned to 54<sup>th<\/sup> Engineer Battalion, 130<sup>th<\/sup> Engineer Brigade, Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His mother, Kimberly Barlow of Portland, Oregon said she was told by the Army that her son was killed when the bomb exploded through the floor of the vehicle he was driving. \u201cI know that he went out and he looked for the bombs, but he made is sound like it wasn\u2019t a big deal. The more I\u2019m learning, he had a very dangerous job. There\u2019s a lot of things he joked off to protect me \u2013 he told his brother a lot more than he told me.\u201d Barlow remembered her son as stubborn, determined and headstrong. \u201cHe was very outgoing, he was very outdoorsy, but he always had to push to the next limit. He was a good kid.\u201d Barlow said she did not object when he decided to join the Army. \u201cI\u2019m very proud of my son,\u201d she said. \u201cDo I think it was the right thing for him at the time? Yes. You just never think anything will happen to your kid. Did he want to be there? No, but who does? Was he disillusioned? No. But he couldn\u2019t wait to get out \u2013 none of them can.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harley married his wife, Halley a few months after enlisting; their son, Ayden Dean Andrews, was born in June 2005. \u201cHe actually joined the Army because he wanted to start his life good for his family,\u201d said Kevin Bryant, his best friend since karate class in fourth grade. \u201cHe thought that was probably his best bet for getting his life rolling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSuch a good father,\u201d his wife Halley said. \u201cOh my gosh, every time wed\u2019 talk on the phone, it was, \u2018How\u2019s my son doing,\u2019 it was 100% Ayden. He was going to build me a house and start up his own construction business. There were just so many things he wanted to do. He wanted to retire early so he and Ayden could go hunting and fishing together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to his wife, son, mother, and stepfather, Andrews is survived by his father, Ken C. 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