Korean War Veterans of Cass County

R. B.4 Hill (Joseph Prewitt3, Robert Bolivar2, John1)1 was born October 07, 1927 in Cass County, Texas1, and died January 23, 1971 in Houston, Harris County, Texas2,3. He married Marie4. She was born Abt. 19295.
Burial: Aft. January 23, 1971, Turkey Creek Cemetery, Cass County, Texas6
Military: TX SN US Navy Korea6 1. Cass County Genealogy Society, Cemeteries With Cass County Connections Vol. 3, (P.O. Box 880 Atlanta, TX 75551-0880).
2. Shelia Bosher.
3. Cass County Genealogy Society, Cemeteries With Cass County Connections Vol. 3, (P.O. Box 880 Atlanta, TX 75551-0880), gives date as January 22, 1971.
4. Shelia Bosher.
5. Estimation made by Dana for Internet posting purposes.
6. Cass County Genealogy Society, Cemeteries With Cass County Connections Vol. 3, (P.O. Box 880 Atlanta, TX 75551-0880).

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John E. Stringer, Jr.1,2, born August 23, 19243; died October 07, 1971 in Cass County, Texas3,4.
Burial: Aft. October 07, 1971, Sardis Cemetery, Cass County, Texas5
Military: TX SGT USAF WWII & Korea5

1. Cass County Genealogy Society, Cemeteries With Cass County Connections Vol. 3, (P.O. Box 880 Atlanta, TX 75551-0880).
2. Texas Deaths, 1964-98, Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Index, 1964-1998. [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000-. Original electronic data from:Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1964-1998. Austin, TX. Texas Department of Health. State Vital Statistics Unit, 19xx-.
3. Cass County Genealogy Society, Cemeteries With Cass County Connections Vol. 3, (P.O. Box 880 Atlanta, TX 75551-0880).
4. Texas Deaths, 1964-98, Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Index, 1964-1998. [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000-. Original electronic data from:Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1964-1998. Austin, TX. Texas Department of Health. State Vital Statistics Unit, 19xx-.
5. Cass County Genealogy Society, Cemeteries With Cass County Connections Vol. 3, (P.O. Box 880 Atlanta, TX 75551-0880).

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submitted by: Elaine McCoy Martin

Dedicated to the memory of Carl Zimmerman who died Sept. 30, 1951 at the age of 23, in the Battle of Heartbreak Ridge in the Korean War. 

Carl H. Zimmerman
Cass County, Texas
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Killed in Action

Private First Class Zimmerman was a member of the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on September 30, 1951. Private First Class Zimmerman was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

He was the only child of Fred Bethea Zimmerman & Elizabeth Matilda McCoy (also known as "Sista" or "Lizzie")  He was the grandson of David D Zimmerman & Zoar Robinson and of Ruben Whitfield McCoy & Rhoda Bell Welsh.