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DOUGLAS ELMER HOFFMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 29, 1948 – February 2, 1969
Service recordDouglas Elmer Hoffman, of Sioux City, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 40
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Sioux City, Iowa (Woodbury County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 40
- THOMAS ROY GROVERSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- LINCOLN HARDYPrivate · February 2, 1969
- DAVID FRANKLIN HEISERCorporal · February 2, 1969
- HOMER WARREN HOLLISTERCorporal · February 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDMOND Q WILSON JRSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 37
From Sioux City
- DUANE MICHAEL NELSONPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- VERNON GLENN CHASEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- RONALD HARRY KAISERPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- FREDERICK WILLIAM LENNONSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- KENNETT KEITH SCOTTLance Corporal · October 19, 1966
- ROBERT ERNEST HARRISLieutenant Colonel · November 9, 1966
- JEFFREY MARTI KROMMENHOEKLieutenant Commander · October 25, 1967
- KELLY FRANCIS COOKColonel · November 10, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOESHARTSergeant · December 15, 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.