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ROBERT JAMES HOFFMANN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 7, 1948 – June 3, 1969
Service recordRobert James Hoffmann, of Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 53
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Ridgefield Park, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 53
- HARRY RICHARD ITALIANOSpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- CLAYTON DEAN JENKINSLance Corporal · June 3, 1969
- STEPHEN DUANE JOHNSONSergeant · June 3, 1969
- GAYLORD GERALD KERRStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD WAYNE ALBRITTONCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 49
- TOMAS GOMEZ-ROBLESPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 52
- HARRY RICHARD ITALIANOSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 53
- BROOKS EDWARD SABLECorporal · Panel 23W, Line 58
- MITCHELL HARVEY SANDMANCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 58
- MICHAEL GREGORY SCHERFSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 58
From Ridgefield Park
- RICHARD LEONARD BOLTZPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- MICHAEL ROMANO JRSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH LEDONNEPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- ROBERT ALVANDR CUCCINELLIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- JAMES DONALD DORANChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 26, 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.