Thomas Edward Zimmer

Korean War
Service #16283810
UnitA BTRY 57 FA BN 7 DIV
RankSergeant U.S. Army
Date of DeathDecember 6 1950
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
8
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Sergeant Zimmer was awarded the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
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Sergeant Zimmer was a member of Battery A, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy along the eastern shore of the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea on December 6, 1950. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His remains were not recovered. In August and September 2004, an joint U.S. and Korean People's Army recovery team conducted a Joint Recovery Operation in the vicinity of the East Chosin Reservoir, where Zimmer went missing. The team recovered possible human remains and sent them to the DPAA laboratory for analysis. Laboratory analysis and circumstantial evidence were used in the identification of his remains. His name permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.