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Personal info

Full name
HOFFMAN, John Gatewood
Date of birth
30 January 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Letcher County, Kentucky
Hometown
Jefferson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35736366
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
401st Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 8 23

Immediate family

Members
Roger A. Hoffman (father)
Sally (Collins) Hoffman (mother)
Wayne Hoffman (brother)
Richard Hoffman (brother)
Clifton Hoffman (brother)
Hunter Hoffman (brother)
Roger Hoffman (brother)
Christine (Combs) Hoffman (wife)

More information

Pvt John G. Hoffman enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 17 November 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/401/401_honor.html, www.ancestry.com, - Headstone and Interment Record / Kentucky Birth Index / 1930/1940 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Daman Hoffman