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JOHN RANDALL ZIMMERMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 21, 1947 – August 24, 1969
Service recordJohn Randall Zimmerman, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 110
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 110
- RICHARD ALLEN ANDERSONLance Corporal · August 24, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL SKOGERBOESecond Lieutenant · August 24, 1969
- BOBBY LEE TARTERChief Warrant Officer 3 · August 24, 1969
- RICHARD JOSEPH WHITECorporal · August 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL EDWARD FARANCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 106
- WILLIAM FRANCIS RIDGECorporal · Panel 19W, Line 108
- DENNIS MICHAEL SKOGERBOESecond Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 110
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.