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MICHAEL GEORGE HOFF
Commander · U.S. Navy
September 11, 1936 – January 7, 1970
Service recordMichael George Hoff, of La Grande, Oregon, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on January 7, 1970, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 8
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 86
- Born
- September 11, 1936
- Home of record
- La Grande, Oregon (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 7, 1970
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1970. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 8
- REID CHARLES HENNINGSENSpecialist Four · January 7, 1970
- JOHN ALLEN HURSTSpecialist Four · January 7, 1970
- MICHAEL WILLIAM LYNESergeant · January 7, 1970
- LENUS EDWARD MEADSpecialist Four · January 7, 1970
From La Grande
- DAVID LLOYD CLARKCorporal · August 25, 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.