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DENNIS EUGENE HOFFMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 3, 1947 – June 2, 1967
Service recordDennis Eugene Hoffman, of Orwin, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1967, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Orwin, Pennsylvania (Schuylkill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 36
- ALAN RICHARD MARSHSergeant · June 2, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS MCGOEYSergeant · June 2, 1967
- JAMES EUGENE MILLIRONSCorporal · June 2, 1967
- JOE MOYALance Corporal · June 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALAN RICHARD MARSHSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 36
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.