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DAVID JON NESSET
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 16, 1942 – April 19, 1968
Service recordDavid Jon Nesset, of Fargo, North Dakota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 51
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Fargo, North Dakota (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 51
- CHARLES J HARRINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1968
- JERRY VERNON MCDONALDPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- JENIES ISAAC MOBLEYSergeant · April 19, 1968
- GEORGE WESLEY MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE GARDNERSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 46
- MICHAEL GLENN LIPSIUSPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 49
- ARTHUR JAMES LORDMajor · Panel 50E, Line 49
- WALTER FRANCIS E MATIS JRSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 50
- CHARLES WORTH MILLARDChief Warrant Officer 4 · Panel 50E, Line 50
- CHARLES J HARRINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 50E, Line 51
- CURTIS RAY RILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 1
- CLIFFORD LLOYD SELLPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 2
- PHILIP RAYMOND SHAFERSpecialist Six · Panel 51E, Line 2
- MICHAEL JOHN WALLACESergeant First Class · Panel 51E, Line 2
- MICHAEL RAY WERDEHOFFMaster Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 4
- JOHN EDWARD WILBURNSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 4
From Fargo
- JON ALFRED GREENLEYFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1966
- GERALD LEE LARSONSpecialist Five · February 5, 1967
- PAUL HARVEY WOLOSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN EICHELBERGERLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- MURRAY DEAN VIDLERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- RONALD DALE BONDMajor · March 11, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES GAFFANEY JRCorporal · July 13, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BEYERMajor · July 30, 1968
- WENDELL RICHARD KELLERColonel · March 1, 1969
- DAVID ARLEN WALDERACaptain · April 2, 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.