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DAVID PHILLIP NEISLAR
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
January 25, 1944 – February 20, 1969
Service recordDavid Phillip Neislar, of Norman, Oklahoma, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 20, 1969, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 66
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 21 USS RANGER CVA 61
- Born
- January 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Norman, Oklahoma (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 32W, Line 66
- DAVID GLENN KINGSergeant · February 20, 1969
- BILLIE JACK MCCLUREPrivate · February 20, 1969
- ANDREW LEE MILLSSpecialist Five · February 20, 1969
- EDDIE VAN OLIVER JRLance Corporal · February 20, 1969
From Norman
- JERRY ROBERT JONESStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL TIFFANYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- CHARLEY LE MEAR MOUNTPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- WILLIAM WEBB BLAIR JRCorporal · December 21, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN AMSPACHERSpecialist Four · December 25, 1968
- RAMEY LEO CARPENTERLieutenant · March 31, 1969
- CHARLES DWAINE ROBERTSSecond Lieutenant · August 12, 1969
- LARRY GENE MORGANSpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- ALLAN LESLIE SMITHMajor · May 10, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.