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DAVID PAUL ZIMMERMAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 5, 1948 – April 21, 1968
Service recordDavid Paul Zimmerman, of Pasadena, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 27
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- May 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Pasadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 27
- TIMOTHY RONALD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES WORLEY JRLance Corporal · April 21, 1968
- CLARK EUGENE BARLOWStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BELLSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
From Pasadena
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JAMES LOUIS CARTERColonel · February 3, 1966
- VERNON EDWARD BRACKINSLance Corporal · August 29, 1966
- MARK NIGGOL ENARIFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1966
- FRED DOUGLAS HARDYLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH SANCHEZMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- DANIEL LYNN KIRSTEINPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS REGINALD RASCHELSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE GUERRASpecialist Five · August 28, 1967
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1967
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.