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Personal info

Full name
HOFFMANN, Edwin Richard
Date of birth
1 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
32280456
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schauffenberg-Bettendorf-Siersdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 16 16

Immediate family

Members
Henry A. Hoffmann (father)
Carolina H. (Tahl) Hoffmann (mother)
Esther A. Hoffmann (sister)
Elenore E. Hoffmann (sister)
Henry A. Hoffmann (brother)
Edward Hoffmann (brother)
Ruth A. Hoffmann (sister)
Caroline I. Hoffmann (sister)
Anna G. Hoffmann (sister)
Emil J. Hoffmann (brother)
Jeanette M. Hoffmann (sister)
Betty (Hartman) Hoffmann (wife)
Darwin N. Hoffmann (son)

More information

Pvt Edwin Hoffmann enlisted on 10 April 1942 in Buffalo, New York. He joined his unit from a replacement depot on 14 October 1944.

His father was born in Germany.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Bradshaw Geiger Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Erin Bradshaw