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| Name | Narrative | Branch and Rank | Unit and Specialty | Conflict/Arena | Born/Died |
| Edward Zimmermann, Sr. | Edward Zimmermann, Sr. was born January 8, 1887. He married Anna Gardner Zimmermann. The couple lived at 303 Union Avenue in Delanco in 1906. In 1917, when WWI broke out, Ed was drafted and sent to Camp Meade. He was assigned to the 304th field signal battalion connected with the 79th division. He went overseas and fought in the Battle of the Argonne Forest in Germany. He suffered a shot of mustard gas before he could get his mask on and suffered a very sore throat burn. Medics gave him some iodine to gargle, but failed to put it on his service record. Ed attained the rank of PFC by seperation. After the war his throat got so bad it cost him $1,000 for treatment of the tissues in his throat. Uncle Sam would do nothing about it because there was no documentation in his service record. Ed married Anna "Nan" Gardner in 1920. According to The Delanco Story, Ed Zimmermann and Ted Heywood of the athletic association were largely credited with obtaining the Bambino, Babe Ruth for the famous exhibition game played in Delanco on July 1, 1924. They began negotiating with the New York Yankees seven weeks prior to the event. Ed and Nan had moved to Cape May Beach and were settled with a fishing livery. His son, had returned from service in the Navy after World War II and they together built a number of row boats and built some cabins for overnight fishermen. They also had a little snack bar and did quite a flourishing business from May till October. They would tow the fishermen with an outboard motor boat and anchor them and return to shore, giving the men an appointed time to return to pick up the boats as they were hired by the hour. Their son decided to give it up and got work in Schenectady, NY and Ed and Nan ran the business but finally gave it up, making quite a profit on real estate. They retired in their home at Town Bank, New Jersey. Nan did practical nursing and Ed was Tax Collector until he became ill. Ed died August 25, 1965. Anna died June 6, 1973. Both are buried in Beverly National Cemetery. | US Army, PFC | B Co, 304th Signal Bat, 79th Div | WWI Camp Meade Argonne Forest Germany | 1887 - 1965 |
Updated October 30, 2023