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RAYMOND L ZIMMERMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 4, 1944 – December 19, 1967
Service recordRaymond L Zimmerman, of Compton, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 29
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 29
- DAVID ANTOLPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- TERRENCE DANIEL BECKLance Corporal · December 20, 1967
- GLEN DEAN BELNAPLieutenant Colonel · December 20, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN CARTERCorporal · December 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DANIEL BARNETT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 20
- JUNIOR EDWARD LOTTCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 24
- ANTHONY RALPH MANTOUVALESSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 25
- WINFIELD AUGUST SPOEHR JRCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 27
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1967
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.