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LYNN ARTHUR HOFFMAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
February 21, 1943 – July 22, 1968
Service recordLynn Arthur Hoffman, of Sewickley, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 22, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 32
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- February 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Sewickley, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 32
- JOE MASON DAVISPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
- JOHN EGBERT GREESONSpecialist Five · July 22, 1968
- ALLAN FREDRICK HAMSMITHSergeant · July 22, 1968
- ISAAC LEE HENDERSONCorporal · July 22, 1968
From Sewickley
- JOHN JAY MICHELSPetty Officer Third Class · July 11, 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.