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Claude Hoffman

PFC Claude Hoffman served with George Company, Second Battalion, 7th Marines.
He drowned in an accident at Apolima Strait, Samoa, on 21 July 1942..

Created by potrace 1.16, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2019

Branch

Marine Corps Reserve
Service Number 350549

Created by potrace 1.16, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2019

Current Status

This individual has been recovered or is not recovered.​

Pursuit Category

Based on circumstances of loss, this individual considered permanently non-recoverable.

Capsule History

Pre-War Life

Birth

November 23, 1918
at Shamokin, WV

Parents

William Edward Hoffman
Florence May (Rische) Hoffman (d. 1938)

Education

Coal Township High School (1938)

Occupation & Employer

Turner Elkhorn Coal Company

Service Life

Entered Service

January 8, 1942
at Charleston, WV

Home Of Record

Drift, KY

Next Of Kin

Father, Mr. William E. Hoffman

Military Specialty

Primary Unit

G/2/7th Marines

Campaigns Served

Individual Decorations

Additional Service Details

Loss And Burial

Circumstances Of Loss

Private First Class Claude Hoffman served with Company G, Second Battalion, 7th Marines, on garrison duty in Samoa.

At 3:15PM on 21 July 1942, as Hoffman traveled between the islands of Savaii and Upolu, an accident of unknown cause occurred that resulted in his death by drowning. His body was lost in Apolima Strait.

Excerpt from the July 1942 muster roll for G Company, 7th Marines.
Burial Information or Disposition

Remains lost at sea.

Next Of Kin Address

Address of father, Mr. William Hoffman.

Location Of Loss

Hoffman drowned at an unspecified point in Apolima Strait.

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