Missing information?
Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?
Submit- 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
Personal info
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