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Personal info

Full name
ZIMMAN, Robert
Date of birth
15 July 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31363645
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
168th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
27 March 1946
Place of death
Near St. Goar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Morris A. Zimman (father)
Anna M. (Abrams) Zimman (mother)
Harold O. Zimman (brother)
Stuart W. Zimman (brother)
Barry Zimman (brother)

More information

Pvt Robert Zimman graduated from Classical High School before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 23 June 1943.

He was officially declared dead one year and one day after he was reported missing in action. At that time his unit was fighting in the vicinity of St. Goar, Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com – U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Bruce Weirauch

Photo source: Peter Schouteten