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MELVIN ELMER HOFFMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 23, 1944 – May 24, 1967
Service recordMelvin Elmer Hoffman, of Holland, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Holland, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 95
- FRANK JOHN GUICHAUDPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- STEPHAN CARL HIMESLance Corporal · May 24, 1967
- STEPHEN KENNETH JENNINGSCorporal · May 24, 1967
- RONALD RAY JOSEPHPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARK ANTHONY ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 93
- RONALD RAY JOSEPHPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 95
- RODNEY DOUGLAS PICKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 97
From Holland
- JAMES WESLEY HINTZSpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- JACK ELENBAASPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- GORDON DOUGLAS YNTEMASergeant · January 18, 1968
- DAVID BUURSMAFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- SPENCER SCOTT FREESTONESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- DANIEL MICHAEL ARIZMENDEZCorporal · May 29, 1968
- ROBERT JAY WESTRATESergeant · June 7, 1968
- TERRY ROBERT MEYERSergeant · August 13, 1968
- ROBERT EDWIN KNOLLStaff Sergeant · September 27, 1968
- REYNALDO ARENASSpecialist Four · December 31, 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.