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ALLAN ROY HOFFMAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 27, 1942 – June 27, 1967
Service recordAllan Roy Hoffman, of New Ulm, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 70
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 27, 1942
- Home of record
- New Ulm, Minnesota (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1967; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 70
- LEWIS BERNARD GAISERFirst Lieutenant · June 27, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK GANNONLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- ALEJANDRO RAY GODINEZLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- DONALD PAUL HAMILTONStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1967
From New Ulm
- HENRY CLARENCE POLZINCorporal · July 31, 1969
- TIMOTHY EMMETT SULLIVANSergeant · April 18, 1970
- STEVEN CARL SEEMANWarrant Officer 1 · May 12, 1970
- RICKEY ALLAN SLANDERAirman First Class · February 23, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.