Henry C. Zimmerman

Henry Charles Hank Zimmerman March 26 1925 October 3 2011 was an American Army soldier and World War II veteran He served as a Private First Class with Easy Company 2nd Battalion 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment 101st Airborne Division joining the company as a replacement shortly before the Battle of the Bulge Born in Larksville Pennsylvania Zimmerman was the oldest of seven brothers At the age of 15 he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps and later worked briefly in the coal mines before moving with his family to Elizabeth New Jersey He was drafted into the US Army in 1943 and completed basic training at Camp Croft South Carolina before volunteering for the airborne forces He completed parachute training at Fort Benning Georgia and was subsequently sent to England In November 1944 Zimmerman was assigned to Easy Company at Mourmelon France as a replacement He joined the company near Foy shortly after it was sent to Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge He participated in the fighting in Belgium and subsequently remained with Easy Company during its advance into Germany and Austria Following the end of the war in Europe Zimmerman reenlisted and was transferred to the 82nd Airborne Division He was stationed at Fort Benning until his final discharge from the Army After leaving the military he settled in Elizabeth New Jersey where he worked for MM Candy Company for 33 years before retiring and moving to the North Carolina coast Zimmermans wartime experiences were featured in Marcus Brothertons 2009 book We Who Are Alive and Remain Untold Stories from the Band of Brothers to which he contributed his recollections He also contributed to Easy Company 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment In Photographs a photographic history of the unit Zimmerman died on October 3 2011 at the Rockhill Mennonite Community in Pennsylvania at the age of 86