Zimmerman, Charles Austin, Jr., GM3

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Last Rank
Petty Officer Third Class
Last Primary NEC
GM-0000-Gunner's Mate
Last Rating/NEC Group
Gunner's Mate
Primary Unit
1944-1944, GM-0000, USS Gudgeon (SS-211)
Service Years
1942 - 1944
GM-Gunner's Mate

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Home State
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Year of Birth
1922
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Lock Haven, PA
Last Address
1336 W 24th St
Erie, PA

Casualty Date
Apr 18, 1944
 
Cause
KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason
Other Explosive Device
Location
Pacific Ocean
Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Court 2 (cenotaph)

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 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:


The USS Gudgeon (SS-211) left on her 12th patrol 4 April 1944, checked in at Johnson Island on 7 April and was never heard from again. Her loss is a mystery. On 7 June 1944, she was officially declared lost and presumed lost. Gunner's Mate Third Class Zimmerman was listed as Missing in Action and later declared dead 15 January 1946.

   
Comments/Citation:


Service number: 6082699

Submarine war patrols:
USS Silversides (SS-236) - 3rd and 4th
USS Wahoo (SS-238) - 3rd through 6th
USS Nautilus (SS-168) - 6th through 8th
USS Gudgeon (SS-211) - 11th and 12th

The information contained in this profile was compiled from various internet sources.

   
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  1942, Recruit Training (Newport, RI)
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Recruit Training (Newport, RI)

Company, Class or Division
Not Specified

Start Date 
Jul, 1942
 

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Dobson, George Warren, PO3, (1942-1944) Jul, 1942
Gaggioli, Evo, PO3, (1942-1945) Jul, 1942
Kantor, Sol, PO3, (1942-1944) Jul, 1942
Kormushoff, Matthew, PO3, (1942-1944) Jul, 1942
Lantzy, Robert Denzil, PO1, (1942-1945) Jul, 1942
Mincer, Robert Baker, PO2, (1942-1945) Jul, 1942
Paul, Joseph Benjamin, PO2, (1942-1945) Jul, 1942
Samson, Bill, CAPT, (1941-2007) 625 Jul, 1942
Stoneking, Robert Ray, PO3, (1942-1944) Jul, 1942
Tomcho, Frank George, S1c, (1942-1944) Jul, 1942
Barrett, Robert Oren, S1c, (1942-1944) Aug, 1942
Coleman, Theodore, PO1, (1942-1945) Aug, 1942
Gerlacher, Wesley Lawrence, S2c, (1942-1943) Aug, 1942
Gille, Robert, S1c, (1942-1945) Jun, 1942
Jones, Francis Edward, PO3, (1942-1943) Aug, 1942
Kerr, John Jarvie, S1c, (1942-1943) Jun, 1942
Kotlinski, Harry Jerome, S1c, (1942-1943) Jun, 1942
Lindstedt, Charles, PO2, (1942-1945) 821 Jun, 1942
Lindstedt, Charles, PO2, (1942-1945) 821 Jun, 1942
Maroney, James Francis, PO1, (1942-1946) Jun, 1942
Mendonsa, George, PO1, (1942-1946) Aug, 1942
Miller, Leroy Sparely, MCPO, (1942-1983) Jun, 1942
Nagelschmidt, Fred, PO2, (1942-1946) 1942 Jun, 1942
Panza, Frank Thomas, S1c, (1942-1946) Aug, 1942
Sonner, Harry Calvin, PO2, (1942-1945) Jun, 1942
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