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DEAN ROGER ZIMMERMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 28, 1948 – April 16, 1967
Service recordDean Roger Zimmerman, of Hopkins, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 16, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 38
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Hopkins, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 38
- ROSARIO RUSSEL ABBATESergeant · April 17, 1967
- VINCENT JAMES AGIUSLance Corporal · April 17, 1967
- GARY ARTHUR BILLHIMERPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDREW DISHMANPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
From Hopkins
- HERMAN JOHN BAERCorporal · September 22, 1967
- ERIC CRAIG EGGESecond Lieutenant · October 14, 1967
- CARL KOLLMEYERLieutenant · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS KOENIG SCHAEFERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- DAVID THOMAS NELSONLance Corporal · April 13, 1969
- FRED CHRIS KRAEMERSergeant · August 26, 1970
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.