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OSCAR MAUTERER
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
August 24, 1925 – February 15, 1966
Service recordOscar Mauterer, of Gillette, New Jersey, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on February 15, 1966, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 602 TFS
- Born
- August 24, 1925
- Home of record
- Gillette, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 15, 1966
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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 5E, Line 38
- DAVID LUTHER FISHERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- JIMMY GONZALESCorporal · February 15, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- ROBERT ORTOGERO NATARTESergeant · February 15, 1966
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.