Anthony Pasquale Jimenez, a public servant, veteran, family member, and member of the Glen Cove community, died on Sunday, April 19, from congestive heart failure at the Long Island State Veterans Home in Stony Brook. He was 74.
Nassau County Legislator Minority Leader Delia DeRiggi-Whitton called Jimenez a “dear friend and said that her heart broke for Jimenez’s family.
“He’s such a fighter,” she said.
U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi called Jimenez “a true hero” in a social media post.
“Tony Jimenez dedicated his life to serving others. A Vietnam veteran and Purple Heart recipient, he brought that same sense of duty home, serving on the Glen Cove City Council when I was mayor, and later as the Director of Veterans Affairs for the City of Glen Cove,” he said. “Tony was a man of quiet strength who always put others before himself. His legacy of service will live on in the community he loved.”
Jimenez was born on July 12, 1951, and was raised in New York City as the middle child of Micheline and Philip Jimenez. He grew up in the city’s projects alongside his siblings.
Tony Jimenez enlisted in the U.S. Army and served as a sergeant with the 1st Cavalry Division during the Vietnam War. He served in both Vietnam and Cambodia, where he was wounded in combat and awarded the Purple Heart, along with numerous commendations recognizing his bravery and valor, including the Combat Infantryman Badge, Air Medal, and Army Commendation Medal for Valor.
Upon returning home in 1971, Jimenez worked as a surgical technician, where he met his wife, Kathy.
He moved to Glen Cove in 1980and eight years later, he became a city court officer. He joined the Glen Cove Fire Department as an emergency medical technician in 1994 and went on to serve as the city’s EMS chief.
During this time, Jimenez helped champion the use of AEDs, or automative defibrillators, in courthouses.
Source: LI Press
