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EARL FREDERICK HOFMANN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 2, 1950 – February 18, 1970
Service recordEarl Frederick Hofmann, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- April 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 28
- BRIAN MICHAEL FLANNERYSpecialist Four · February 18, 1970
- THOMAS ELDON GILLENColonel · February 18, 1970
- MICHAEL STEVEN GRYDERCorporal · February 18, 1970
- DAVID LEE HARDINGSergeant · February 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ARTIE EUGENE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 29
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.