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JAMES GEORGE ZEIMET
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 16, 1942 – September 4, 1968
Service recordJames George Zeimet, of Brookfield, Wisconsin, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 37
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 283 MED DET USARV
- Born
- September 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Brookfield, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 37
- GERONIMO LOPEZ GRIJALVAPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
- DAROL EDWARD LAWRENZCorporal · September 4, 1968
- HORACE JOSEPH LEJEUNE JRPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
- ROBERT DALE LITTERIOSpecialist Four · September 4, 1968
From Brookfield
- WILLIAM ROBERT GLUECKSTEINHospitalman · January 29, 1966
- JAMES BRIAN HUDISLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- HOWARD V MATSON JRLance Corporal · December 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES MANNSpecialist Four · January 8, 1967
- THOMAS ARTHUR GERGPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- JOHN PAUL VISPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM STEINSpecialist Four · October 26, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWIN PIERSONLance Corporal · December 15, 1967
- DONALD ALAN KIRKHAMHospitalman · February 1, 1968
- LANCE ALLEN ROBINSONCorporal · March 23, 1971
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.