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GORDON LEE ZIMMERLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 6, 1948 – March 23, 1970
Service recordGordon Lee Zimmerle, of Seaside, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 35
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Seaside, Oregon (Clatsop County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 35
- PERCY CHARLES GAGNONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1970
- RICHARD DAVID HULSECaptain · March 23, 1970
- JAMES MORTON KLEINSergeant · March 23, 1970
- ROBERT DEAN MORRISPrivate First Class · March 23, 1970
From Seaside
- MELVIN DERWARD HEBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- CARL JOHN GREEN JRSpecialist Four · April 24, 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.