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LEROY DAVID HOFFMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 30, 1948 – November 22, 1968
Service recordLeroy David Hoffman, of Athens, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 34
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Athens, Wisconsin (Marathon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 34
- JAMES LEE CRANDELLCorporal · November 22, 1968
- FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT EFIRDMaster Sergeant · November 22, 1968
- GEORGE WILLIAM FISH JRPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- CLARENCE EUGENE GOSSStaff Sergeant · November 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY BURKHART CHIAGOPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 33
- ALLEN VERONE JACKSONCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 36
- DAVID MARTIN MISZEWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 37
- RONALD JAMES PANICCIACorporal · Panel 38W, Line 37
- GALON GENE SPAFFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 39
From Athens
- DANIEL JOHN ORLIKOWSKIPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
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.