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Personal info

Full name
HOFFER, William Francis
Date of birth
3 September 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
Hometown
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware

Military service

Service number
32481109
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
747th Tank Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Reydt - München-Gladbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Thomas W. Hoffer (father)
Mary A. (Craig) Hoffer (mother)
Pauline Hoffer (sister)
Thomas N. Hoffer (brother)
Bernice B. (Michaels) Hoffer (wife)

More information

S/Sgt William F. Hoffer was a teacher in primary school before he enlisted in Camden, New Jersey on 18 November 1942. He had been overseas 14 months.

He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal. The citation cited:
For outstanding courage and devotion to duty in action on November 20 with the Ninth Army in Germany when he used his tank command to help make way for an infantry advance against heavy enemy resistance.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 747th Tank Battalion, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The News Journal, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The News Journal