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RODNEY LOUIS HOFFMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 6, 1948 – August 13, 1967
Service recordRodney Louis Hoffman, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 106
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 106
- CYRIL EDWARD STIRNKORBSergeant Major · August 12, 1967
- ALVIN RAY BOZARTHStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1967
- DOUGLAS DAVIS COFFMANCorporal · August 13, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM CRUZSpecialist Four · August 13, 1967
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.