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| Name | Narrative | Branch and Rank | Unit and Specialty | Conflict/Arena | Born/Died |
| John K. Zimmermann II | John Kulmbach Zimmermann II was born February 26, 1913 in Philadelphia to Louis Dietz Zimmermann, Sr and Mary Josephine Paull Zimmermann. The extended family lived at Orchard & Vine, then 309 Vine Street, then 218 Walter Avenue in Delanco. They moved to Palmyra by 1938. Like his brother Louis, John joined the Merchant Marine in January or February of 1942 and served until August or September of 1945. He served aboard an oiler (tanker) sailing up and down the East Coast between Philadelphia and Texas, and later, through the Panama Canal and out into the South Pacific Ocean. His ship, the SS Yeager, then supplied oil from San Pedro, California to the US Navy in the various islands in the South Pacific. John advanced from Ordinary Seaman to Able Bodied Seaman and Pumpman, corresponding to the position of a non-com in the navy. For a time, John and his brother, Louis served together aboard the US Yeager for a run from San Pedro to Hawaii, then east through the Panama Canal to Curacao off the coast of Venezuela, then west again through the Panama Canal to the New Hebrides Islands in the South Pacific, then back to California. After his service ended, John married Anna M. Lawson on January 23, 1946. One child: Nancy Jo. John died July 28, 1978. Anna died in 1986. | US Merchant Marine AB Seaman | SS Yeager Pumpman | WWII Atlantic, Pacific, Carribean | 1913 - 1978 |
Updated October 30, 2023