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WILLIAM E ZIMMERMAN JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 5, 1942 – April 28, 1968
Service recordWilliam E Zimmerman JR, of Frederick, Maryland, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 45
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Frederick, Maryland (Frederick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 45
- IVOL MICHEAL YORKSergeant · April 28, 1968
- GERALD DAVID AITONPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- LYLE ERNEST ALLEN JRCorporal · April 29, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · April 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JORDAN BELCHERSpecialist Five · Panel 52E, Line 33
- RICHARD ANTHONY CASSANOCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 35
- WILLIAM HENRY HARFF JRSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 37
- SIDNEY A HOWECorporal · Panel 52E, Line 38
- LEWIS CHARLES NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 41
- ROGER NESTERCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 41
- AMEL DOUGLAS ROYALTYSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 43
- IVOL MICHEAL YORKSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 45
From Frederick
- ROBERT EARL SMITH JRHospitalman · May 15, 1966
- DANIEL SPENSER BRITTAINSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
- WILSON LEE COOKSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- GARY WAYNE COSGRAVEAirman Second Class · May 12, 1967
- CHARLES FRANK BRANDENBURGPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS PLUNKARDSergeant · April 8, 1968
- MICHAEL LEON BREWERSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM GRASERSpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- HAROLD FRANKLIN KLINESergeant First Class · August 24, 1968
- STEPHEN EUGENE SROKAPrivate First Class · August 3, 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.