Fred Zimmerman completed 10th grade in Stutsman County, North Dakota, and served in the Civilian Conservation Corps before he enlisted in the Navy in January 1940.
He was a coxswain 3rd class on the U.S.S. Arizona when he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
Mr. Zimmerman was born in Cleveland, North Dakota on May 10, 1921. His father, Frank, was a farmer and his mother, Mary, a housewife. He was a Catholic.
His brother Frank, younger by about 14 years, said Fred probably enlisted because "we had a small farm, and I just assume that he wanted to try to get away and make something of himself." Besides, Frank said, it was difficult to try to farm a "pile of rock."
Sources: The Fargo Forum, grave marker, enlistment application, Navy muster rolls; 2017 interview with Frank Zimmerman. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
Contributor: USS Arizona Mall Memorial at University of Arizona (50022871)
He was a coxswain 3rd class on the U.S.S. Arizona when he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
Mr. Zimmerman was born in Cleveland, North Dakota on May 10, 1921. His father, Frank, was a farmer and his mother, Mary, a housewife. He was a Catholic.
His brother Frank, younger by about 14 years, said Fred probably enlisted because "we had a small farm, and I just assume that he wanted to try to get away and make something of himself." Besides, Frank said, it was difficult to try to farm a "pile of rock."
Sources: The Fargo Forum, grave marker, enlistment application, Navy muster rolls; 2017 interview with Frank Zimmerman. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
Contributor: USS Arizona Mall Memorial at University of Arizona (50022871)
Fred Zimmerman completed 10th grade in Stutsman County, North Dakota, and served in the Civilian Conservation Corps before he enlisted in the Navy in January 1940.
He was a coxswain 3rd class on the U.S.S. Arizona when he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
Mr. Zimmerman was born in Cleveland, North Dakota on May 10, 1921. His father, Frank, was a farmer and his mother, Mary, a housewife. He was a Catholic.
His brother Frank, younger by about 14 years, said Fred probably enlisted because "we had a small farm, and I just assume that he wanted to try to get away and make something of himself." Besides, Frank said, it was difficult to try to farm a "pile of rock."
Sources: The Fargo Forum, grave marker, enlistment application, Navy muster rolls; 2017 interview with Frank Zimmerman. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
Contributor: USS Arizona Mall Memorial at University of Arizona (50022871)
He was a coxswain 3rd class on the U.S.S. Arizona when he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
Mr. Zimmerman was born in Cleveland, North Dakota on May 10, 1921. His father, Frank, was a farmer and his mother, Mary, a housewife. He was a Catholic.
His brother Frank, younger by about 14 years, said Fred probably enlisted because "we had a small farm, and I just assume that he wanted to try to get away and make something of himself." Besides, Frank said, it was difficult to try to farm a "pile of rock."
Sources: The Fargo Forum, grave marker, enlistment application, Navy muster rolls; 2017 interview with Frank Zimmerman. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
Contributor: USS Arizona Mall Memorial at University of Arizona (50022871)
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Entered the service from North Dakota.
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