SPC Andrew Lee Hand of Enterprise, Alabama passed away Saturday, July 24, 2010 in Qalat, Afghanistan. He was 25.

The body is scheduled to arrive at the airport in Enterprise about 9:15 tomorrow morning. Those who would like to pay their respects are asked to line the route between the airport and Sorrells Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be at 2 pm Saturday, July 31, 2010 at Sorrells Funeral Home in Enterprise with Chaplain Sonny Moore officiating. The family will receive friends at Sorrells Funeral Home Friday, July 30 from 6 until 8 pm. The family will also receive friends at Liberty Church in Birmingham, AL Monday, August 2, 2010 from 10 until 11 am with a funeral service at 11 am at the church. Burial with full military honors will be at 2 pm at the Alabama National Cemetery in Montevallo, AL with Sorrells Funeral Home of Enterprise directing.

Andrew was born November 28, 1984 in Valdosta, GA. He was a 2004 graduate of Enterprise High School and was a member of the football and track teams. He joined the National Guard in 2005 and served in 2 deployments, the first in Iraq and the second in Qatar and Kuwait. In 2008 he went into active duty and was stationed in Washington State with his wife and two sons. He was deployed to Afghanistan in October 2009 and was killed July 24, 2010 alongside three other soldiers in his unit.

Survivors include his wife, Amanda Kay Hand, Enterprise, AL; two sons, Tristan Nicholas Laine Hand and Gavin Austin Lee Hand, both of Enterprise; his parents: Kenneth and Renee Hand, Birmingham, AL and Phyllis and Jerry Parris, Birmingham, AL; one sister, Laura Hand Davis and one brother, Robert Bagwell, two nieces and one nephew, all of Birmingham, AL.