Andy Tai Ngoc Huynh
WASHINGTON — Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04) released the following statement concerning his efforts to help locate a Lawrence County, Alabama man who has not been heard from in Ukraine in a more than a week.
“The family of Andy Tai Ngoc Huynh, 27, of Trinity, Alabama in Lawrence County, reached out to my office this week. Huynh, a former U.S. service member, volunteered to go fight with the Ukrainian Army in their current war against Russia.
“According to Huynh’s family, they have not been in contact with him since June 8, 2022 when he was in the Kharkiv area of Ukraine. As you can imagine, his loved ones are very concerned about him. My office has placed inquires with both the United States Department of State and the Federal Bureau of Investigation trying to get any information possible.
“While my office works to get more details, I would ask everyone to pray for Andy’s safety and to pray for the comfort of his family back in Lawrence County.”
Aderholt’s office confirmed a second Alabama man, Alexander Drueke, 39 of Tuscaloosa, is also missing.
Alexander Drueke
Senators Shelby and Tuberville and Congresswoman Sewell are assisting Drueke’s family.
Two former US servicemen were captured last week in the fighting outside of Kharkiv, according to a report.
Alexander Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27 — both from Alabama — were taken prisoner during a fierce fight with Russian armor during the ongoing Ukrainian counterattacks in the nation’s northeast, the British newspaper the Telegraph reported.
The Americans were captured after their 10-man squad ran into a much larger Russian force in a village outside Kharkiv, the newspaper said, citing an unnamed source who fought with the pair in a regular Ukrainian military unit. – From the New York Post
