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RICHARD ELMER ZIMMERMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 7, 1949 – January 12, 1969
Service recordRichard Elmer Zimmerman, of Quincy, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 80
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Quincy, Illinois (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 80
- GROVER WILLIS THOMPSONCaptain · January 12, 1969
- JOSEPH HENRY WACKERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1969
- TAKESHI YABIKUSpecialist Four · January 12, 1969
- JOHN FRANK BALDWINSpecialist Four · January 13, 1969
From Quincy
- WILLARD MARION COLLINSCaptain · March 9, 1966
- JOHN CRAIG ARNOLDCorporal · March 20, 1967
- GORDON SAMUEL PERISHOLieutenant Commander · December 31, 1967
- KENNETH ALFRED SPILKERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DENNIS KEITH JONESSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE FORDSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL WHITFIELDCorporal · November 25, 1968
- BRADLEY KENT GAUSCorporal · March 16, 1970
- BRUCE HAROLD BARDONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD FOGLEMANCorporal · May 11, 1970
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.