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RENE AUGUST ZIMMERLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 2, 1950 – April 13, 1971
Service recordRene August Zimmerle, of Orange, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 122
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Orange, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 122
- ALTON REESE ROBERTSSpecialist Five · April 13, 1971
- ELMER TIM ROSSSergeant First Class · April 13, 1971
- LAMAR LONGO WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 13, 1971
- TERRY JOE BAILEYCorporal · April 14, 1971
From Orange
- JOHN MICHAEL PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- MICHAEL WALTER KOLEMAINENPrivate First Class · October 31, 1966
- BOBBY WESTSergeant · January 21, 1968
- RAYMOND NELSON CURLEYSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- KENNETH TILDEN RABEYSergeant · March 16, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR ROSENBERGERSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GARY ALAN STADINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN WAYSACKCorporal · May 9, 1968
- RUSSELL UDELL WESTLance Corporal · May 23, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES TODDPrivate · November 1, 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.