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JAMES EDWARD RIMMER
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 12, 1947 – May 4, 1970
Service recordJames Edward Rimmer, of Oregon, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Oregon, Illinois (Ogle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 94
- THOMAS OLIVER AHLBERGSergeant · May 4, 1970
- JAMES GERALD ANDERSONSergeant · May 4, 1970
- DEAN LOUIS BONNEAUWarrant Officer 1 · May 4, 1970
- RONALD CHISOLMPrivate · May 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN BRADFORD EMERYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 95
- ARMANDO CERVERA LUNACorporal · Panel 11W, Line 96
From Oregon
- RICHARD ALLAN CHEEKSeaman · September 15, 1967
- HARMON S STONE JRCorporal · November 18, 1967
- DELBERT EUGENE HALLSergeant · April 27, 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.