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ALAN HARRY ZIMMERMAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 5, 1943 – February 2, 1967
Service recordAlan Harry Zimmerman, of Midland Park, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 110
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)
- 283 MED DET USARV
- Born
- March 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Midland Park, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1967; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “283 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 110
- GEORGE CURTIS STEWARTLance Corporal · February 2, 1967
- JAMES BARTIE STEWARTPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- MARCO JOSEPH BARUZZISpecialist Four · February 3, 1967
- HAROLD EDWARD BERG JRPrivate First Class · February 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOE RAYMOND FULGHUM JRCaptain · Panel 14E, Line 107
- THOMAS MICHAEL MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 108
From Midland Park
- NORMAN ROBERT GOBLESpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- BRIAN FRANCIS WEDLAKEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- STEVEN JOEL FOSTERCorporal · August 24, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES PARMERTERCaptain · June 22, 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.