UMaine Graduate Killed in Afghanistan
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571
ORONO — U.S. Marine 1st Lt. James Zimmerman, a 2008 UMaine graduate, was killed Tuesday while serving in Afghanistan. Twenty-five years old, he was commissioned as an officer in the Marine Corps after completing UMaine’s Navy ROTC program.
“Lt. Zimmerman was a valued member of the UMaine community, held in particularly high regard by those associated with our Navy ROTC program,” says UMaine President Robert Kennedy. “We are forever grateful for his service to our country, and I offer my personal condolences to his family and the great many friends he leaves behind.”
Zimmerman earned a UMaine degree in kinesiology and physical education.
A story about his death appeared on the front page of Thursday’s Bangor Daily News.