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THOMAS ALLEN ZIMMERMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1947 – March 12, 1969
Service recordThomas Allen Zimmerman, of Alton, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 27
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Alton, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 27
- JAMES THEODORE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · March 13, 1969
- DOUGLAS WYATT BICESpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
- DON RAYLAN BREWERPrivate First Class · March 13, 1969
- JOSEPH MICHAEL BUCHANANSergeant · March 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN MONROE LANIERPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 21
- PATRICK M MCINERNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 21
- PAUL EDWARD IRVINPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 24
- TYRONE GARY THOMANSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 25
From Alton
- CHARLES ADAM MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ROBERT NELSON DAVISPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- HERMAN ROBERT ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- LEONARD WITCHER IIILance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- DENNIS LYNN DOOLEYSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- HERSCHEL LEE EPPS JRPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- STEPHEN ANDREW CHILDERSCaptain · January 19, 1967
- GORDON LEE HOGANStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- RAMON J MORALESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- FREDERICK H ELIZONDOWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1967
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.