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..
Branch
Marine Corps Reserve
Service Number 350549
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.
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.
