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MICHAEL GORDON HOFF
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
February 9, 1945 – November 1, 1968
Service recordMichael Gordon Hoff, of Caro, Michigan, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 76
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
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Caro, Michigan (Tuscola County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 76
- CHESTER DONALD DALEPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1968
- GERALD EUGENE BOOTH HAMMPetty Officer Third Class · November 1, 1968
- STANLEY MOORE HARRELLCorporal · November 1, 1968
- GREGORY LYNN HEGGENCorporal · November 1, 1968
From Caro
- ROBERT LEE THANELance Corporal · October 19, 1969
- DEAN ELLSWORTH HALLSpecialist Four · December 28, 1969
- DANNY WARD BOWERSCorporal · May 27, 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.