Private in WW II, 504th Parachute Infantry, Regt., 82nd Airborne Division
Earned Bronze Star and Purple Heart
Missing in Action
Married Illah Belle Epperson on August 2, 1941 in Pope County, Arkansas. She was age 19 and he was age 20 at the time of their marriage. Illah Belle is buried in the Price Cemetery, Pope County, Arkansas, USA FAG Memorial 71008109 created by Marilyn Morris on June 8, 2011
Father: Cecil Henderson Hoffman, I - buried in Oakland Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA FAG Memorial 107007468 created by Owen Butler on March 3, 2013. Cecil & Caroline were divorced
Mother: Carolina "Lena" Marie Muller - buried in Little Rock National Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas - listed as Carolina Marie "Lena" Muller (Hoffman) Sittman(Lena married Fritz Fred Sittman in 1941. FAG Memorial 1184512 created by the United States Veterans Affairs Office on February 26, 2000. Maintained by Owen Butler
Brother: Cecil Henderson Hoffman, II buried in Roselawn Memorial Park AKA Roselawn Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA Find a Grave Memorial 107007041 created by owen on March 20, 2013
Note from Dan Phelan: There are many soldiers who were missing in action, and their bodies never found. Their names are engraved on the Wall of the Missing, and are located on pillars in the entrance way into this particular cemetery. These pillars hold up the roof of that entrance. Each pillar has a different state seal on each side, so among all the pillars, each state seal is represented. The state seals have nothing to do with the names underneath. Each soldiers' name has the state that they were from to the right of the name. Some names on the pillars have a small 'flower' to the immediate right of the name. That flower indicates that the remains of that person were found after the pillars were made, and they are likely interred elsewhere. See the photo I took for Fred, and look at the name Herbert, Lemuel for an example of the 'flower'. Each US and British military cemetery that we went to had a Wall of the Missing. I'm guessing that the French do also.
Earned Bronze Star and Purple Heart
Missing in Action
Married Illah Belle Epperson on August 2, 1941 in Pope County, Arkansas. She was age 19 and he was age 20 at the time of their marriage. Illah Belle is buried in the Price Cemetery, Pope County, Arkansas, USA FAG Memorial 71008109 created by Marilyn Morris on June 8, 2011
Father: Cecil Henderson Hoffman, I - buried in Oakland Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA FAG Memorial 107007468 created by Owen Butler on March 3, 2013. Cecil & Caroline were divorced
Mother: Carolina "Lena" Marie Muller - buried in Little Rock National Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas - listed as Carolina Marie "Lena" Muller (Hoffman) Sittman(Lena married Fritz Fred Sittman in 1941. FAG Memorial 1184512 created by the United States Veterans Affairs Office on February 26, 2000. Maintained by Owen Butler
Brother: Cecil Henderson Hoffman, II buried in Roselawn Memorial Park AKA Roselawn Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA Find a Grave Memorial 107007041 created by owen on March 20, 2013
Note from Dan Phelan: There are many soldiers who were missing in action, and their bodies never found. Their names are engraved on the Wall of the Missing, and are located on pillars in the entrance way into this particular cemetery. These pillars hold up the roof of that entrance. Each pillar has a different state seal on each side, so among all the pillars, each state seal is represented. The state seals have nothing to do with the names underneath. Each soldiers' name has the state that they were from to the right of the name. Some names on the pillars have a small 'flower' to the immediate right of the name. That flower indicates that the remains of that person were found after the pillars were made, and they are likely interred elsewhere. See the photo I took for Fred, and look at the name Herbert, Lemuel for an example of the 'flower'. Each US and British military cemetery that we went to had a Wall of the Missing. I'm guessing that the French do also.
Private in WW II, 504th Parachute Infantry, Regt., 82nd Airborne Division
Earned Bronze Star and Purple Heart
Missing in Action
Married Illah Belle Epperson on August 2, 1941 in Pope County, Arkansas. She was age 19 and he was age 20 at the time of their marriage. Illah Belle is buried in the Price Cemetery, Pope County, Arkansas, USA FAG Memorial 71008109 created by Marilyn Morris on June 8, 2011
Father: Cecil Henderson Hoffman, I - buried in Oakland Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA FAG Memorial 107007468 created by Owen Butler on March 3, 2013. Cecil & Caroline were divorced
Mother: Carolina "Lena" Marie Muller - buried in Little Rock National Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas - listed as Carolina Marie "Lena" Muller (Hoffman) Sittman(Lena married Fritz Fred Sittman in 1941. FAG Memorial 1184512 created by the United States Veterans Affairs Office on February 26, 2000. Maintained by Owen Butler
Brother: Cecil Henderson Hoffman, II buried in Roselawn Memorial Park AKA Roselawn Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA Find a Grave Memorial 107007041 created by owen on March 20, 2013
Note from Dan Phelan: There are many soldiers who were missing in action, and their bodies never found. Their names are engraved on the Wall of the Missing, and are located on pillars in the entrance way into this particular cemetery. These pillars hold up the roof of that entrance. Each pillar has a different state seal on each side, so among all the pillars, each state seal is represented. The state seals have nothing to do with the names underneath. Each soldiers' name has the state that they were from to the right of the name. Some names on the pillars have a small 'flower' to the immediate right of the name. That flower indicates that the remains of that person were found after the pillars were made, and they are likely interred elsewhere. See the photo I took for Fred, and look at the name Herbert, Lemuel for an example of the 'flower'. Each US and British military cemetery that we went to had a Wall of the Missing. I'm guessing that the French do also.
Earned Bronze Star and Purple Heart
Missing in Action
Married Illah Belle Epperson on August 2, 1941 in Pope County, Arkansas. She was age 19 and he was age 20 at the time of their marriage. Illah Belle is buried in the Price Cemetery, Pope County, Arkansas, USA FAG Memorial 71008109 created by Marilyn Morris on June 8, 2011
Father: Cecil Henderson Hoffman, I - buried in Oakland Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA FAG Memorial 107007468 created by Owen Butler on March 3, 2013. Cecil & Caroline were divorced
Mother: Carolina "Lena" Marie Muller - buried in Little Rock National Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas - listed as Carolina Marie "Lena" Muller (Hoffman) Sittman(Lena married Fritz Fred Sittman in 1941. FAG Memorial 1184512 created by the United States Veterans Affairs Office on February 26, 2000. Maintained by Owen Butler
Brother: Cecil Henderson Hoffman, II buried in Roselawn Memorial Park AKA Roselawn Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA Find a Grave Memorial 107007041 created by owen on March 20, 2013
Note from Dan Phelan: There are many soldiers who were missing in action, and their bodies never found. Their names are engraved on the Wall of the Missing, and are located on pillars in the entrance way into this particular cemetery. These pillars hold up the roof of that entrance. Each pillar has a different state seal on each side, so among all the pillars, each state seal is represented. The state seals have nothing to do with the names underneath. Each soldiers' name has the state that they were from to the right of the name. Some names on the pillars have a small 'flower' to the immediate right of the name. That flower indicates that the remains of that person were found after the pillars were made, and they are likely interred elsewhere. See the photo I took for Fred, and look at the name Herbert, Lemuel for an example of the 'flower'. Each US and British military cemetery that we went to had a Wall of the Missing. I'm guessing that the French do also.
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PVT 504 PRCHT INF 82 ARMD DIV ARKANSAS
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Entered the service from Arkansas.
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