THE WALL OF FACES

David is buried at Westview Cemetery in Atlanta, GA. PH

The local papers in Lawrenceburg and Rising Sun, Indiana ran the story about Steve and the 12 others who were KIA in Vietnam from Switzerland Co. and Ohio Co. Indiana for Veterans Day 2005. Steve was from Atlanta but was married to Anne Kinman from Vevay, IN and Switzerland Co. The articles included a picture of each one of these American Heroes and makes a great memorial and keepsake. God bless them and may they rest in peace.

For our brother, who served in Company C, 2d Battalion, 27th Infantry (Wolfhounds)

On November 9, 2002 at 2 pm, I will be participating in The Reading of the Names for the 20th Anniversary of the Vietnam Wall in DC.

I am honored, and privileged to be able to show tribute to you, and others, with respect, honor and dignity.

Thank you for your service and for your sacrifice.

You will NEVER be forgotten.

I met Steve Lassiter in the late 1960's, when he became a protege of my father, Simeon C. David, at Patterson's Oglethorpe Hill on Peachtree Rd. in Atlanta. My father was impressed with Steve and often invited him to our house in Dunwoody.

As I was an only child, with no brothers, I had few male role models other than a few cousins close to me and I enjoyed Steve's visits immensely. He was never too tired or too distracted to take part in whatever I was doing at the time.

He taught me how to ride a racing bike and how to play badminton; I taught him how to play horseshoes and how to plant a garden.

We had friends with horses at that time. Father would only let me ride if Steve went with me. While I rode, Steve would draw the horses for me. After he went to Vietnam, he sent me drawings of horses he saw there.

He closed his apartment and came to live with us the last week before he shipped out. During this time he explained to me why going to Vietnam was important, drew pictures for me of all my horses and reassured me that my cousin Melvin, who was already in Vietnam, would return safely.

I was counting the days until his return when I learned that he had been killed. I miss him very much.

Alice David