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Personal info

Full name
HOFFMANN, Alden Edward
Date of birth
2 February 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Exeland, Sawyer County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Dane County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36844024
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
9th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 12 21

Immediate family

Members
Paul Hoffmann (father)
Lena Hoffmann (mother)
Raymond Hoffmann (brother)
Albert D. Hoffmann (brother)
Mina M. Hoffmann (wife)

More information

Pvt Alden E. Hoffmann was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

He is remembered at Windfall Cemetery, Exeland, Sawyer County, Wisconsin with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Julie Noble / Karen Hill