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Clyde Neill Zimmerman

Private First Class Army World War II

Army
Army
Private First Class
Private First Class
Branch of Service
Army
Rank
Private First Class
Unit
Company E, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborn Division
Conflict / Era
World War II
Years of Service
10/20/1943 – 01/18/1946
Date of Birth
08/07/1925
Hometown
Union, OH
Awards & Decorations
Purple Heart, Distinguished Unit Badge; Good Conduct Medal; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 4 campaign stars and 1 arrowhead; World War II Victory Medal
Monument Paver
No
Overseas Service
France; Germany; Central Europe
Township (entering service)
Union
Township (current / at death)
Sabine Co., Texas
Church
UNKNOWN
School
UNKNOWN
Record Authenticated
No

Decorations

Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Good Conduct Medal
Good Conduct Medal

Biography

Overseas service: France; Germany; Central Europe. Church: UNKNOWN. School: UNKNOWN. Serial #15121822;enlisted on 08/06/1943 in Columbus, Ohio; 1 year and 7 months of foreign service; served in battles in Normandy, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe; honorable discharge on 01/18/1946 from Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Source: DD-214, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 4, p. 254 | Ancestry - Dept. of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File