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OSCAR MOISE DARDEAU JR
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
December 11, 1931 – November 18, 1967
Service recordOscar Moise Dardeau JR, of Ville Platte, Louisiana, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on November 18, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 14
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
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115E)
- Born
- December 11, 1931
- Home of record
- Ville Platte, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 18, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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
On the Wall
Also on Panel 30E, Line 14
- SAMUEL LEE CARMICHAELPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDERSON COLLINSSergeant First Class · November 18, 1967
- MICHAEL ANDREW CRABTREECaptain · November 18, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT DAILEYSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
From Ville Platte
- JOSEPH GERALD DUGASPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- GARY PAUL FONTENOTPrivate First Class · August 12, 1967
- WILSON JACK JRPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- TERREL JAMES VIDRINEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- PAUL BRADLEY WESTSergeant · March 30, 1969
- GERALD JAMES GUILLORYPrivate First Class · October 19, 1969
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.