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DONALD RAY HOFFEDITZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 24, 1948 – April 12, 1970
Service recordDonald Ray Hoffeditz, of Bridgeton, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 127
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Bridgeton, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- 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 April 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 127
- JAMES MITCHELL ATCHISONCaptain · April 12, 1970
- TIMOTHY RAY FAUSTSergeant · April 12, 1970
- SHERMAN DAVID LANNES JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1970
- ROBERT FRANKLIN MERRILLSergeant · April 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FRANKLIN MERRILLSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 127
From Bridgeton
- STEVEN PAUL MORSEPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- MICHAEL MORRIS ALLEYSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- FRED ALLEN CHITWOOD JRSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
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.