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WALTER JOHN ZIMMER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 4, 1946 – August 23, 1965
Service recordWalter John Zimmer, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- January 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1965; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 66
- DARRYL MESSERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- JUSTIN RICE WHITING IVPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- J C CLARK JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- GILBERT SMITH JRSergeant · August 24, 1965
- JAMES JOSEPH VOTAVA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- GUY DAVID JOHNSONCaptain · December 20, 1965
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.