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Year:: 2009
Subject:: Burke, Robert; Davis, Elaine Zimmer; Davis, Ron D.; Graf, Albert Stephen > 1944-1969; Mares, Gene; Rollings, Wayne > Major General; Thomas, Mary Ann Graf; United States > Marine Corps; United States > Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 542; Zimmer, Craig; Zimmer, Jerry A. (Jerry Allen) > 1944-1969; Air pilots, Military; Bombing, Aerial > Vietnam; Da Nang (Vietnam); Quang Nam, Vietnam; Skyhawk (Jet attack plane); Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Aerial operations, American; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Casualties; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Missing in action; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Personal narratives, American; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Repatriation of war dead; Zen funeral rites and ceremonies

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Notes:: General note: 5 page illustrated article about Elaine Zimmer Davis' and Craig Zimmer's efforts to locate the crash site of Jerry A. Zimmer in Vietnam, with the possibility of bringing home his remains.; Digital object made available by : Brown University Library, John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts , Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)

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"Davis, Elaine Zimmer - Article 'Bringing Jerry and Al Home' published in 'Leatherneck: Magazine of the Marines'" (2009). Jerry A. Zimmer (Class of 1966) oral history and papers relating to the Vietnam War. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:405049/

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Jerry A. Zimmer (Class of 1966) oral history and papers relating to the Vietnam War

Captain Jerry A. Zimmer graduated from Brown University in 1966 before joining the United States Marine Corps, where he served as a decorated F-4 Phantom pilot in the Vietnam War. He was killed in action while flying a ground support …
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Davis, Elaine Zimmer - Article "Bringing Jerry and Al Home" published in "Leatherneck: Magazine of the Marines"