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DONALD ROBERT HOFFMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1942 – June 18, 1968
Service recordDonald Robert Hoffman, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 22
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 22
- RONALD KEITH GROOMSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- CARLETON PHILIP HASTINGSSpecialist Four · June 18, 1968
- JAMES CORNELIUS HEARDLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- MARCOS HINOJOSASpecialist Four · June 18, 1968
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
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.