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Personal info

Full name
HOFMANN, Quinton C
Date of birth
20 December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Sutton, Hamilton County, Nebraska
Hometown
Sutton, Hamilton County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37256057
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
Mechern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 47 27

Immediate family

Members
Gustav Hofmann (father)
Bertha G. Hofmann (mother)
Leola Hofmann (sister)

More information

Pfc Quinton C. Hofmann was graduated from the Sutton High School of Nebraska and entered the service 1 April 1942. He was sent overseas in April 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Ralph Peeters, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Lincoln Journal Star - 23 April 1945

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Sutton Nebraska, www.newspapers.com - Lincoln Journal Star - 23 April 1945