David Joseph Nachtigall

Specialist Five
155TH AHC, 52ND AVN BN, 17TH AVN GRP, 1 AVN BDE
Army of the United States
09 May 1948 - 23 February 1970
Omaha, Nebraska
Panel 13W Line 049

1 AVN BDE

155TH AHC
UH-1 Huey

Army Aircrew

Purple Heart, Air Medal, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for David Joseph Nachtigall

03 June 2003

In Loving Memory of my Uncle Dave

You are forever in my thoughts.

I only wish I had gotten the chance to know you.

For Always,

Your niece, Beth A Nazeck
bapfeiffer@mpsomaha.org

20 Sep 2005

Although I grieved over your loss a number of years after you passed, I grew to be a much stronger person over the years.

One never knows what a loss like this can do to a person. I routinely thank all who have served or continue to serve this great nation and pray regularly for them, wishing them a safe return to their families.

From his nephew,
Jeff
E-mail address is not available.

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 23 Feb 1970, the 155th Assault Helicopter Company was tasked to provide airlift for a practice troop insertion by the ARVN ranger training group at Nha Trang. UH-1C tail number 66-00518 was the trailing aircraft during the insertion.

Unfortunately, the training exercise became all too real when 518 was shot down 22 miles southwest of Nha Trang, killing its four-man crew:

  • WO1 Paul Edward Dolik, pilot;
  • WO1 Joseph Frank Erickson, pilot;
  • SP5 David Joseph Nachtigall, crew chief; and
  • SP4 Calvin Ernesto Serain, gunner.




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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
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