The Wall › Panel 12E › Ohio › Carl Dean Hoffman
CARL DEAN HOFFMAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 30, 1946 – November 9, 1966
Service recordCarl Dean Hoffman, of Tallmadge, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 9, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 47
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Tallmadge, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 47
- ARTHUR GLIDDENSergeant First Class · November 9, 1966
- ROBERT ERNEST HARRISLieutenant Colonel · November 9, 1966
- RANDLE KINNEYPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
- CHARLES LEROY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
From Tallmadge
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL KRANSHANPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- WESLEY LEE WOODFORDFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
- JOHN LESLIE HENDERSONPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- LARRY GLENN MARSHWarrant Officer 1 · September 14, 1969
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.