Grave marker for Herbert E. Hoffman in Plot: 5, 0, 1152 of the
Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, (Barnstable), Massachusetts.
Lt Hoffman was an early arrival to the regiment as he was
logged in to Company A on 20 Oct 1942, the day that the regiment was
activated. About 18 months later he was shifted to Hq 1st as
Battalion Adjutant and later to Company B as a platoon leader.
Herbert jumped into both France and Holland but it was
not until 24 December 1944 that he was wounded in action in Belgium.
After recuperation he rejoined the regiment and was ultimately
transferred to 513th PIR on 18 August 1945 as things wound down in
Frankfurt.
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