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KENNETH JAMES HOFFMAN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 10, 1942 – July 25, 1968
Service recordKenneth James Hoffman, of East Northport, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 25, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 6
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 10, 1942
- Home of record
- East Northport, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 6
- HECTOR GONZALEZSpecialist Five · July 25, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANC HENDRICKSONFirst Lieutenant · July 25, 1968
- VAN ALLEN IRWINSergeant First Class · July 25, 1968
- WAYNE ARNOLD KELLERPrivate First Class · July 25, 1968
From East Northport
- JOHN RAYMOND NOVOTNYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- EDWARD ALBERT FRYER JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1968
- WILLIAM HARRY NOLTEPrivate First Class · November 16, 1968
- WILLIAM DANIEL QUINN IIIPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
- RICHARD MICHAEL FORTECorporal · April 27, 1970
- JACK STEVEN GROUFSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
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.