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Personal info

Full name
HOFFNER, Abram Ernest
Date of birth
8 December 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Wind Gap, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33622127
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Trinal, Magoster, Devant-Tâve, north of La Roche-en-Ardennes, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 8 34

Immediate family

Members
Henry E. Hoffner (father)
Olga D. (Kraupner) Hoffner (mother)
Olga J. Hoffner (sister)
Florence Hoffner (sister)
Gladys Hoffner (sister)
Ernest Hoffner (brother)
Henry Hoffner (brother)
Lillian (Bruch) Hoffner (wife)
Bruce W. Hoffner (son)

More information

Abram Hoffner attended high school for one year and was a metal worker.

He enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 31 March 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com