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TERRY RAY ZIMMERMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 7, 1948 – August 16, 1968
Service recordTerry Ray Zimmerman, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 31
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 630 ENG CO 39 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- September 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “630 ENG CO 39 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 31
- DENNIS OWEN CROCKERPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- CHARLES DAVID SONNKALB JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 16, 1968
- JOHN DELBERT STRATESpecialist Four · August 16, 1968
- JERRY LEE WILSONSpecialist Four · August 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELLIOTT LEO DECORAPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 24
- THOMAS LEE MERICANTANTEPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 28
- JEPPIE JOSEPH PAYNEStaff Sergeant · Panel 48W, Line 29
- ROBERT MICHEAL REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 30
- JOSEPH FRANCIS RIBEIROPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 30
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
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.