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Personal info

Full name
ZIMMER, Jacob Henry
Date of birth
20 January 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey
Hometown
Mercer County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32249097
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Grosskampenberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 35 30

Immediate family

Members
Jacob J. Zimmer (father)
Rose C. Zimmer (mother)
Rose Zimmer (sister)
Thomas Zimmer (brother)
Catherine Zimmer (sister)
Helena Zimmer (sister)
Charles Zimmer (brother)
George Zimmer (brother)

More information

Pfc Jacob H. Zimmer attended local schools and was employed at Fitzgibbon and Crisp Company.
He enlisted in March 1942 and sent overseas in October 1943.

He was wounded in France on 21 August 1944 and retuned to duty a few days later.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.archives.gov, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Trenton Sunday Times-Advertiser - 14 October 1945