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RICHARD KING ZIMMERMAN
Major · U.S. Army
June 24, 1937 – January 20, 1969
Service recordRichard King Zimmerman, of St Clairsville, Ohio, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 46
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 24, 1937
- Home of record
- St Clairsville, Ohio (Bedford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 46
- QUINCY HIGHTOWER TRUETTChief Petty Officer · January 20, 1969
- ARTHUR WATSONSpecialist Four · January 20, 1969
- LOUIS VICTOR ALBI JRPrivate · January 21, 1969
- DONALD EUGENE ALLAN JRSpecialist Four · January 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID EARL TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 45
From St Clairsville
- RICHARD NORMAN MAMIESpecialist Four · June 24, 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.