Name:
Earl George Zimmer
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
471969
Unit:
12th Marine Regiment
Date of Death:
1944-07-21
State:
Michigan
Cemetery:
Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot:
Courts of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Earl George Zimmer was born on January 23, 1923, in Ecorse, Wayne County, Michigan. He was the son of Harrison Philip Zimmer and Helen Louise Sylvester Zimmer.
He served in Battery K, 4th Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as a Private First Class during World War II. He died from his wounds received in battle on July 21, 1944, during the Battle for Guam. He was buried at sea after being mortally wounded on the first day of the invasion of Guam. He has a cenotaph at Woodmere Cemetery in Detroit Michigan, where he is memorialized on his parents' monument.