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DANIEL ROBERT HOFFMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 19, 1947 – October 9, 1971
Service recordDaniel Robert Hoffman, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 36
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Finance Specialist (73C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1971. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 36
- RUDOLPH GLENN VALENTASpecialist Four · October 8, 1971
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FEENEYSpecialist Five · October 10, 1971
- DAVID JOHN FUNESSergeant · October 10, 1971
- DENNIS RAY HINTONSpecialist Four · October 10, 1971
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
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.