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Personal info

Full name
HOFFMAN, Bryson McLain
Date of birth
4 January 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Burke County, North Carolina
Hometown
Connelly Springs, Burke County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34963592
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Scheidel, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 13 27

Immediate family

Members
Bart M. Hoffman (father)
Dora H. (Keller) Hoffman (mother)
Ellis E. Hoffman (brother)
Hannah G. Hoffman (sister)
Viola H. Hoffman (sister)
Quentin L. Hoffman (brother)
Alexander L. Hoffman (brother)
Hughes M. Hoffman (brother)
Glen L. Hoffman (brother)
Lucile S. Hoffman (sister)
Flavia E. Hoffmann (sister)
Louise Hoffman (wife)

More information

Sgt Bryson M. Hoffman attended high school for four years and worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 18 March 1944.

Sgt Hoffman was killed when he was trying to make his foxhole deeper.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Hoffman Family Tree / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Les Woods