Roll of Honor
Johnny Ray Maisano, Sr.
Incident
Game Warden Johnny Maisano died from the effects of contracting Lyme disease while on duty in January 1988.
After contracting the disease his health continued to deteriorate until he suffered a fatal heart attack on August 26th, 1990.
Game Warden Maisano had served with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation for 15 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Game Warden Maisano gave the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Oklahoma City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Game Warden Maisano.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Game Warden Johnny Ray Maisano, Sr. is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In OK, 21 of 582 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.6% of this state's fallen. That is 5.5 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Johnny Ray Maisano, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Johnny Ray Maisano, Sr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Johnny Ray Maisano, Sr. is highlighted in Aug.
Others Who Wore This Badge
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