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JAMES MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 24, 1948 – June 2, 1968
Service recordJames Michael Hoffman, of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Rolling Fork, Mississippi (Sharkey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 14
- ROBERT GLENN GALLOWAYSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- ROBERT LEWIS JONESFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1968
- BILLY JAY LACKEYPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- RAYMOND VILLALPANDO JRSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
From Rolling Fork
- JOHNNY B BOSTONPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- CLYDE J PERKINSFirst Lieutenant · November 3, 1966
- GEORGE F WALLACE JRPrivate First Class · November 5, 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.