THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. While all deaths in Vietnam are tragic that you died just three days after your 26th birthday is especially so. May you rest in eternal peace.

Dear Lt David Nesset, Thank you for your service as a Rotary Wing Aviation Unit Commander - Helicopter Pilot with the 1st Cavalry. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. It’s a New Year, but not necessarily better. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

David is buried at Dickinson Cemetery, Dickinson,ND. Plot T-15-3

Dear 1LT David Jon Nesset, sir

As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.

With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir

Curt Carter

On April 19, 1968, this aircraft from B Company, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Air Cavalry Division, was the lead ship on a combat assault into A Shau Valley. The helicopter was damaged by an enemy grenade, causing the tail boom to separate and the aircraft to crash. Aircraft commander WO1 Charles J. Harrington and pilot 1LT David J. Nesset suffered fatal injuries in the crash. [Taken from vhpa.org]