The face of the monument reads, “In honored memory of the helicopter pilots and crewmembers who gave the full measure of devotion to their nation in the Vietnam War,” with the dates 1961-1975.<br />According to the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association – the group that lobbied for the monument – 11,827 helicopters operated in Vietnam and 5,086 of them were destroyed. Nearly 5,000 pilots and crewmembers were killed.

The face of the monument reads, “In honored memory of the helicopter pilots and crewmembers who gave the full measure of devotion to their nation in the Vietnam War,” with the dates 1961-1975.
According to the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association – the group that lobbied for the monument – 11,827 helicopters operated in Vietnam and 5,086 of them were destroyed. Nearly 5,000 pilots and crewmembers were killed.