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JAMES LEON ZIMMER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 18, 1947 – May 22, 1968
Service recordJames Leon Zimmer, of Owego, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Owego, New York (Tioga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 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
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; ten 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 66E, Line 5
- JERRY DEAN WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- TOM PERRY ACTONGunnery Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- JOHN ERNEST ALBANESE JRSergeant · May 23, 1968
- THOMAS FREDERICK BUHRSergeant · May 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID BITANGA CAMACHOStaff Sergeant · Panel 65E, Line 6
- GERALD LEE ELLIOTTSpecialist Five · Panel 65E, Line 8
- WILLIAM DANNY MORROWPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 13
- HAROLD JAMES NICHOLESPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 14
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.