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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of John Wallace Israel.

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JOHN WALLACE ISRAEL

Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

August 28, 1932 – March 8, 1969

Service record

John Wallace Israel, of Ft Walton Beach, Florida, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 8, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 30W · Line 74

Position of Panel 30W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
Service
Regular
Unit (as recorded)
13 AF
Born
August 28, 1932
Home of record
Ft Walton Beach, Florida (Okaloosa County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 8, 1969
Age
36
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “13 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 30W, Line 74

Same unit, same day

From Ft Walton Beach

All 13 names from Ft Walton Beach →

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.