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EDWARD ANTHONY ZIMMERMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 7, 1947 – May 11, 1968
Service recordEdward Anthony Zimmerman, of Long Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 28
- DAVID CLAUD WELLSCorporal · May 11, 1968
- PERRY LEE WHITTINGTONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- EARL WOODSCorporal · May 11, 1968
- KENJI JERRY YAMASHITAFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARRY RONALD ELLERMANSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 20
- LARRY RAY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 21
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
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.