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My first husband, Capt. Jerry Zimmer, was an F4B Phantom jet pilot, whose aircraft was shot down on August 29, 1969, approximately 20 miles South of Da Nang, Vietnam, after six months in country. Neither Jerry nor his navigator, 1st Lt. Al Graf, was able to eject, before the aircraft crashed into the Que Son Mountains. Initially Jerry and Al were classified as Killed in Action/No Body Recovered (KIA/NBR). Years later, both Marines were listed as MIA, along with other service members whose bodies were never recovered.
Jerry has been gone nearly a half century, and hope for recovering his remains had run out a long time ago. However, in recent years our family became involved with the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), now merged with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), and learned that Jerry’s and Al’s remains might, in fact, be recoverable, so we are doing everything possible to support their efforts to make this happen and bring our guys home where they belong.

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Archive for December, 2011
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Happy New Year from our family to yours. L-R: Matt, Beatriz, Craig & Alie Zimmer; Juan Maria & Rosa Iriarte (Bea’s parents from Spain); Brett & Breeze Davis; Nick Zimmer, Ron & Elaine Davis
To all my blog followers, thank you for supporting and encouraging our efforts to bring home the remains of my first husband, Capt. Jerry Zimmer, USMC, from Vietnam. Our family is very grateful.
I wish you health, happiness and peace in 2012 and hope you will stay connected as we continue to pray for a positive outcome in our search for Jerry…. Elaine Zimmer Davis
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