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THOMAS EDWARD HOFER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 26, 1950 – April 10, 1969
Service recordThomas Edward Hofer, of Richmond, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 10, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 49
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Richmond, Indiana (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 49
- LONNIE DALE EVANSSergeant · April 10, 1969
- RANDALL LEE HAWKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1969
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HERINGPrivate First Class · April 10, 1969
- THOMAS JAMES HUCKABASergeant · April 10, 1969
From Richmond
- CURTIS LAMARR FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1965
- JON DAVID VANNATTALance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- KARL EDWIN KLUTECaptain · March 14, 1966
- JESSE FLOYD WAGESSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- BURNIE HARRISStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- TERRY LEE WILESPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- THOMAS PAUL DEITEMEYERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN DOWNINGSergeant · March 11, 1967
- THOMAS CLAYTON BENGESergeant First Class · June 25, 1967
- TERRI LEIGH HINESPrivate First Class · July 2, 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.