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JOHN DANIEL HOFFMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1937 – April 2, 1966
Service recordJohn Daniel Hoffman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Born
- October 6, 1937
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 75
- WILLIAM DONALD HASTYLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- ALLEN L HIGGINBOTHANSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- ALEXANDER JOHN NE MENZIESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JAMES MOORE JRPrivate First Class · April 2, 1966
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.