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IRWIN LEWIS HOFFMAN
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
March 3, 1931 – January 13, 1966
Service recordIrwin Lewis Hoffman, of Elmhurst, New York, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 13, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 70
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 3, 1931
- Home of record
- Elmhurst, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1966; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 70
- MELVIN LEE HAIRSTONSpecialist Four · January 13, 1966
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- ALLEN WINFRED JONESPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- ANDERSON HAROLD KEYPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
From Elmhurst
- JEAN CLAUDE T E ESNAULTPrivate First Class · December 14, 1963
- CARLOS UGARTEPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- EDUARDO PAUL BRANESSpecialist Four · April 20, 1967
- DAVID BRUCE TUCKERMajor · October 1, 1967
- JEFFREY PEREZSergeant · January 10, 1968
- BRUCE LEVYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- ULDIS JACK MALMANISCorporal · October 9, 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.