The Wall › Panel 13W › New York › Fred Charles Zimpfer
FRED CHARLES ZIMPFER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 11, 1943 – February 15, 1970
Service recordFred Charles Zimpfer, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 17
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 17
- ROBERT GENE OCONNELLCorporal · February 15, 1970
- WINSTON JOHN SMITHCorporal · February 15, 1970
- NORMAN ALFRED TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1970
- JOSE EDWARDO VILLANUEVALance Corporal · February 15, 1970
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.