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ROBERT ALLEN HOFFMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 16, 1949 – July 31, 1969
Service recordRobert Allen Hoffman, of Wheeling, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Wheeling, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 80
- THOMAS LEE FULLERCorporal · July 31, 1969
- RAYMOND HOWARD HARDINStaff Sergeant · July 31, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES KARASCorporal · July 31, 1969
- PAUL DAVID MCKNIGHTSergeant · July 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HENRY CLARENCE POLZINCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 81
From Wheeling
- JOHN CHARLES BIENEMANPrivate First Class · August 18, 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.