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JEARL EDWARD RIMMER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 6, 1946 – May 18, 1967
Service recordJearl Edward Rimmer, of Cedar Grove, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 33
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Cedar Grove, Tennessee (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 33
- THEODORE RUSSELL NELSONPetty Officer Third Class · May 18, 1967
- JAMES CLIFTON OFFLEYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- PHILIP JOHN OLOFSONPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- RONNY LEROY PALMERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CARL RAYMOND HALLBERGPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 28
- HUGH LARRY HURSTONSpecialist Five · Panel 20E, Line 29
- JOHN J ROBERTSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20E, Line 35
- OTTO ANDREAE SEAMANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20E, Line 35
From Cedar Grove
- J H ALEXANDERPlatoon Sergeant · March 6, 1966
- DOUGLAS ARTHUR HOUSECorporal · September 6, 1968
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.