Vietnam War
Unit | Fighter Squadron 21 |
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Rank | Lieutenant U.S. Navy |
Entered Service From | Norman Oklahoma |
Date of Death | February 20 1969 |
Status | Missing In Action |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Honolulu Memorial |
Notes
Lieutenant Neislar, U.S. Naval Reserve, was a member of Fighter Squadron 21, Carrier Air Wing 2 aboard the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CVA-61). On February 20, 1969, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4J) over North Vietnam when his aircraft crashed over water 5 miles from AnHoa, Quang Nam Province. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.