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STEVEN ARTHUR ZIMMERMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 17, 1948 – July 20, 1968
Service recordSteven Arthur Zimmerman, of Wapakoneta, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Wapakoneta, Ohio (Auglaize County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 23
- STUART JOHN WOODLance Corporal · July 20, 1968
- EDWARD GARLAND ASH JRSergeant · July 21, 1968
- EDWARD RAYMOND BRAUNPrivate First Class · July 21, 1968
- RUSSEL E BUTLERPrivate First Class · July 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY WILLIAM ARELLANOCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 16
- ARTHUR COLEMAN JRCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 17
- MICHAEL JAMES GWINNSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 18
- BRIAN FRANCIS LEFEVREPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 19
- ALLEN LLOYD SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 21
- GEORGE ALBERT TODDSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 22
From Wapakoneta
- DENNIS LEE DULEBOHNPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- GARY GENE DETRICKSergeant · April 13, 1969
- BRUCE KOLTERSecond Lieutenant · June 17, 1969
- RONALD NEAL PARSONSSpecialist Four · April 3, 1970
- MICHAEL LYNN OENPrivate First Class · June 9, 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.