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JERRY ALLEN ZIMMER
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
May 5, 1944 – August 29, 1969
Service recordJerry Allen Zimmer, of Maine, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 29, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 9
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Frs Basic F/A-18 Pilot (I) (7521)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMFA 542 MAG 11 1 MAW FMFPAC
- Born
- May 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Maine, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 9
- JACK ERVIN SCHOBERCaptain · August 29, 1969
- GERALD ALLEN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
- THOMAS DAVID STONEFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1969
- GARY WAYNE WITHERSCorporal · August 29, 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.