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| Name | Narrative | Branch and Rank | Unit and Specialty | Conflict/Arena | Born/Died |
| Louis D. Zimmermann, Jr | Louis Dietz Zimmermann, Jr. was born March 22, 1911 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, New Jersey. They moved to Palmyra, New Jersey by 1938. Louis related that he wanted to join the US Navy, but failed the test. He learned that the Merchant Marine was an honorable alternative, so he joined and served in the Merchant Marine during WWII from March 1942 to January 31, 1946. He sailed aboard the US Aquidale, SS Nancy Lykes, and SS Yeager working up from Ordinary Seaman to Able Bodied Seaman. He graduated from four months officer's training at Fort Trumbull, Connecticut to become a 3rd Mate aboard the SS Richard Coulter, SS Robert C. Tuttle, and SS Thomas Stone. He sailed in the Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic and Indian Oceans and the Mediterranean, Greenlands and Barents Seas. Louis left the Merchant Marine on January 31, 1946. He married Sara K "Sally" Quinn in October 1947 in Philadelphia. The family lived at 5335 N 48th St in Philadelphia for many years; then moved to Westmont, New Jersey, then Medford Leas in Medford, New Jersey. Sally passed from Alzheimers on June 18, 1988. Louis moved into Medford Leas in 1993, where he died on October 8, 2001 at age 90. Both are buried in Lakeview Memorial Park in Cinnaminson. Louis' personal account of his merchant marine experiences were donated to the Delanco History Board in 2021. | US Merchant Marine 3rd Officer | 3rd Officer Liberty Ships Aquidale, Nancy Lykes, Yeager, Richard Coulter Robert C. Tuttle, Thomas Stone | WWII Atlantic, Pacific, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean | 1911-2001 |
Updated October 30, 2023