Missing information?
Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?
Submit- Full
name
HOFER, Andrew J - Date of
birth
16 July 1921 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Burghausen, Germany -
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32987292 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
A Company,
15th Engineer Combat Battalion,
9th Infantry Division
-
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
18 April 1946 - Place of
death
unknown
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Sebastian Hofer (father)
Cecelia Hofer (mother)
More information
Andrew Hofer's parents emigrated from Germany in the summer of 1925.He attended high school for three years and was employed by the Kollsman Instrument Company.
He enlisted on 20 July 1943 at New York City, New York.
He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.
Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, Chuck
Photo source: FOHF, www.findagrave.com, Chuck