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THOMAS MARTIN HOFFMANN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 28, 1948 – May 19, 1969
Service recordThomas Martin Hoffmann, of Palmyra, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 54
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Palmyra, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 54
- WILLIAM CARL GEARING JRSpecialist Five · May 19, 1969
- BILLY RAY HEADSergeant First Class · May 19, 1969
- JEREMIAH JUNESpecialist Four · May 19, 1969
- DONALD GLENN KELLYSpecialist Four · May 19, 1969
From Palmyra
- GEORGE LINWOO MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD HUBBSCommander · March 17, 1968
- WALTER JOHN CHRUPCALAPetty Officer Third Class · April 15, 1968
- RICHARD C SCHOENBERGCaptain · November 21, 1970
- BRUCE HUPPERT HEILSergeant · March 10, 1971
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.