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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 September, 2015
Vietnam War 50th Anniversary Video —
I hope you will take a few minutes to view this commemorative video, narrated by Sam Elliot — an actor well-known and respected by many from the Vietnam War generation.
You will learn that our brave warriors during the Vietnam War heeded the call to serve, primarily as volunteers — not draftees — just as those serving today in the Middle East and beyond. The short production is appropriate for all ages, and thus far is receiving a vote of approval from veterans who served in Southeast Asia nearly a half century ago.
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