Staff Sargent Hugo Rodney Zimmer, US Army 2nd Infantry Division, 38th Infantry Regiment was raised in West Allis, Wisconsin. He went by the name Rodney, or Rod. He was born April 23, 1921. He attended University of Wisconsin – Madison. He enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 14 September 1942. Before leaving for active duty, he and his brother David had a fond moment, as David (a naval officer) was able to get Rodney into the officers club for a bon voyage toast. He landed in Europe on D+1 Day. He was wounded in the hedgerow battle in Normandy. He was wounded a second time and spent time in a London hospital. On March 23 1945, he crossed the Rhine and was killed at age 23 by a German sniper in Altweid, Germany. Rodney had written to his mother from the front of post-war dreams of owning a cattle ranch out west with his best friend. Every year on Memorial Day, until his own death; Rodney’s brother Commander David Zimmer participated in a service in his honor. 
The above biography was written by Amy Suzanne Zimmer but the sources of the information are unknown.