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SSGT Louis John Hoffman

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SSGT Louis John Hoffman Veteran

Birth
Clifton, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA
Death
10 May 1944 (aged 20)
Austria
Burial
Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #36563091
Enlistment Date: 02/01/1943
827th Bomb Squadron, 484th Bomb Group, Heavy

Louis J. Hoffman is listed under Finding Of Death in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Wayne County, Michigan.

U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as 2522 Lycaste, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Contact person listed as Kenneth Norgaard, Herscher, Illinois. Place of birth listed as Livingstone, Illinois on 07/02/1923. Middle name listed as John. Employed by Harry Russell, Chateau Frontenac, Briggs Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan as of 06/29/1942 registration date.

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985 lists form signed for by Celina Hoffman, 270 South Fifth Avenue, Kankakee, Illinois on 05/31/1950.

Information below gleaned from: https://daacda.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/entities/persons/detail/2760

Gunner on B-24H Liberator #41-29531 that was shot down on a mission to Wiener Neustadt. Missing Air Crew Report 4746.

***I would like to thank Leona A. Mathis Find A Grave ID 4318168 for creating this memorial***

***I would like to thank joe harrington Find A Grave ID 46996935 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***

***I would like to thank Vonlafin Find A Grave ID 46825993 for adding their photo to this memorial***

***I would like to thank MK Find A Grave ID 48917799 for adding their photos to this memorial in addition to updating the middle name and birth/death location information on it***
U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #36563091
Enlistment Date: 02/01/1943
827th Bomb Squadron, 484th Bomb Group, Heavy

Louis J. Hoffman is listed under Finding Of Death in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Wayne County, Michigan.

U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as 2522 Lycaste, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Contact person listed as Kenneth Norgaard, Herscher, Illinois. Place of birth listed as Livingstone, Illinois on 07/02/1923. Middle name listed as John. Employed by Harry Russell, Chateau Frontenac, Briggs Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan as of 06/29/1942 registration date.

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985 lists form signed for by Celina Hoffman, 270 South Fifth Avenue, Kankakee, Illinois on 05/31/1950.

Information below gleaned from: https://daacda.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/entities/persons/detail/2760

Gunner on B-24H Liberator #41-29531 that was shot down on a mission to Wiener Neustadt. Missing Air Crew Report 4746.

***I would like to thank Leona A. Mathis Find A Grave ID 4318168 for creating this memorial***

***I would like to thank joe harrington Find A Grave ID 46996935 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***

***I would like to thank Vonlafin Find A Grave ID 46825993 for adding their photo to this memorial***

***I would like to thank MK Find A Grave ID 48917799 for adding their photos to this memorial in addition to updating the middle name and birth/death location information on it***

Inscription

LOUIS J HOFFMAN
ILLINOIS
SSGT 484 AAF BOMB GP
WORLD WAR II
JULY 2 1923 MAY 10 1944

Gravesite Details

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