- Branch of Service
- Army
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Unit
- 758th Maintenance Company, United States Army Reserves; 585th MP Company, Ohio Army National Guard
- Conflict / Era
- Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Years of Service
- 2007 – 2010
- Date of Birth
- 01/21/1985
- Hometown
- Leesburg, OH
- Awards & Decorations
- Army Commendation Medal; Army Achievement Medal; Army Good Conduct Medal; Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Iraq Campaign Medal; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; Armed Forces Service Medal;, Army Service Ribbon; Army Overseas Service Ribbon; Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon
- Monument Paver
- Yes — Section C
- Overseas Service
- Baghdad, Iraq; Kuwait
- Guard Service
- 2007 – 2010
- Reserve Service
- 2002 – 2007
- Township (entering service)
- Leesburg
- Township (current / at death)
- Union
- Church
- Mount Vernon Church of the Nazarene
- School
- North Union Local Schools
- Record Authenticated
- No
Decorations
Biography
Overseas service: Baghdad, Iraq; Kuwait. Church: Mount Vernon Church of the Nazarene. School: North Union Local Schools. Enlisted 12/2002; assigned to 758th Maintenance Company, United States Army Reserves, Whitehall, Ohio; deployed to Iraq in 2006; based at Anaconda, outside Baghdad; responsible for soldiers making repairs to assault vehicles damaged by roadside bombs; developed a prototype device for assault vehicles to aid soldiers in escaping from damaged vehicles; device was successful and ultimately installed on all assault vehicles in the Iraq theater of operation; grandson of Morris Ray Zimmerman, Navy, World War II; brother to Brent Matthew Zimmerman, Ohio Army National Guard
Source: No DD-214 recorded in Union County Recorders Office as of 06/03/2008; Veteran data form submitted by Ray Zimmerman