THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us.

Thank you for your service and your sacrifice.

Private First Class Michael Edward Davis, Served with C Troop, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, United States Army Vietnam.

Dear PFC Michael Davis,
Thank you for your service as an Infantry Direct Fire Crewman. We are celebrating our holy days. It is a time of joy, and may that be yours in heaven. It is so important for us all to acknowledge the sacrifices of those like you who answered our nation's call. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

On October 21, 1965, elements of Company A, 1st Aviation Battalion, 52nd Combat Aviation Battalion, was called on to lift 240 ARVN Airborne Rangers from Camp Holloway to an LZ near Plei Me, four kilometers north of a besieged camp. During the reconnaissance of the LZ, one UH-1B (tail number 63-08647) of Company A suffered a mechanical failure which resulted in the separation of the main rotor from the aircraft at 2000 feet absolute altitude. The helicopter crashed and exploded on impact. All crewmen suffered fatal injuries in the crash. They included aircraft commander 1LT Harold A. Preisendefer, pilot WO1 Josef S. Huwyler, crew chief SP5 William J. Johnson, and gunner PFC Michael E. Davis. This crew was the first lost by Company A in the Republic of Vietnam. (Note: The official name for this helicopter company when this event occurred was Company A, 1st Aviation Battalion, but on 20 Nov it would be redesignated the 155th Aviation Company [Air Mobile Light]). [Taken from vhpa.org]