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CHARLES DAVID HOFFMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 7, 1948 – November 4, 1970
Service recordCharles David Hoffman, of Nitro, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 39
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Nitro, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 39
- BRUCE CHARLES HUNTPetty Officer Third Class · November 4, 1970
- LEONARD ALLAN LANZARINSpecialist Four · November 4, 1970
- JAIME RESTREPOSergeant First Class · November 4, 1970
- JOSEPH MARTINEZ SOTOSergeant · November 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT HORACE BENNETTCaptain · Panel 6W, Line 38
- JOSEPH MARTINEZ SOTOSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 39
From Nitro
- JAMES LAWRENCE TAYLORSergeant · March 10, 1966
- JAMES CRAIG WEARSPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- RANDOLPH MONROE HARRISONFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 1968
- EARL B ESTEP JRTechnical Sergeant · October 2, 1968
- STEPHEN ALAN MOOREStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1971
- WILLIAM PORTER WALTERSSpecialist Four · June 29, 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.