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Personal info

Full name
ZIMMERMAN, Leon Joseph
Date of birth
26 May 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
Hometown
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
O1283891
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 March 1945
Place of death
Near Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 6 10

Immediate family

Members
Edmond F. Zimmerman (father)
Jeanette F. (Wagner) Zimmerman (mother)
Edmund J. Zimmerman (brother)
Francis W. Zimmerman (brother)
Mary J. Zimmerman (sister)
Robert J. Zimmerman (brother)
Dorothy J. (Schmitt) Zimmerman (wife)
Robert Zimmerman (son)

More information

Capt Leon J. Zimmerman graduated from Duluth High school in 1936 and was employed as a salesman at The Artist Company.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Virginia Marriage Records 1936-2014
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Bugs / Lisa Russell, www.newspapers.com - Star Tribune, www.ancestry.com - Duluth Central High School Yearbook 1935