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JOHNNIE LEROY ISHMAEL
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 23, 1944 – February 4, 1970
Service recordJohnnie Leroy Ishmael, of Laverne, Oklahoma, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 101
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. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Laverne, Oklahoma (Harper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 101
- GARY ALLEN BULLERDICKChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 4, 1970
- LARRY GREENLance Corporal · February 4, 1970
- DANNY ROY MAGAHAPrivate First Class · February 4, 1970
- MICHAEL LLOYD NEUDAHLSpecialist Four · February 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY ALLEN BULLERDICKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 14W, Line 101
From Laverne
- RONALD LEE HILDERBRANDSergeant First Class · May 6, 1967
- JOHN ALAN LANGSTONStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1968
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.