NameJohn Charles Zimmer
BirthFeb 1889, Onalaska, La Crosse County, Wisconsin3,5,6,4,8
Death11 Oct 1971, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Burial14 Oct 1971, Wood National Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
OccupationCigar apprentice--1905; cigar maker--1910; laborer, Camp Robinson--1917; Private in U.S. Army in World War I.
Source:
Ancestry.com—Wisconsin, State Census, 1905; U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942; U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938; U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775-2006; Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997; and U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014.
He enlisted in the military on October 7, 1917 in Columbus Barracks, Ohio. He was a private in Company D, Troop …. He was discharged on January 12, 1918 from Fourt Bliss, Texas. He reenlisted on July 25, 1918 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin and was discharged on February 26, 1919.
In 1920 he was a resident of the Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane in Westport Township, Dane County, Wisconsin. He worked in the garden. In 1930 he was a patient at Wisconsin Memorial Hospital, Westport. He was a kitchen helper. He later resided in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County. On May 9, 1933 he was admitted to a home for disabled volunteer soldiers in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County. In 1935 he lived in La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin. In 1940 he was a resident of the Veterans Administration National Home for Disabled Soldiers in Milwaukee. In 1942 when he registered for the World War II draft he lived in Wauwatosa.
He had resided in Wood County, Wisconsin and died in Milwaukee County.