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DENNIS WAYNE HOFF
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 25, 1949 – April 25, 1968
Service recordDennis Wayne Hoff, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 6
- RONALD JAMES COLONESpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- DONALD RAY HANNACorporal · April 25, 1968
- JAMES OAKLEY JAYNESLance Corporal · April 25, 1968
- DANIEL MARTIN KELLEYSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT BURCIAGASpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 3
- ARTURO OLIVARES-MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 3
- PATRICK JOHN GRAHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 5
- HENRY THURMAN MCCRIMMONSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 8
- BRUCE PAUL NETTESHEIMSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 9
- ANIBAL ORTIZ-RIVERA JRCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 10
- RONALD THOMAS STETTERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 12
- RONALD JAMES WALBERSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 12
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.