Enlisted 6 February 1942 at Fort Meade MD. Service No. 3138802. Corporal/TEC5, Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 328th Infantry, 26th Infantry Division. Killed in action in eastern France during the U.S. and Allied Forces Northern France campaign.
Contributor: Karl H Wheatley (50269493).
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The News, Frederick, MD, February 2, 1943
Three Brothers in Army PVT. MORRIS HOFFMAN, stationed at Camp Meade, Pvt. Charles R. Hoffman, stationed at Camp Edwards, Mass., Pvt. John Hoffman, stationed at Camp Shelby, Miss, are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. John Hoffman, Creagerstown.
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The News, Frederick, MD, December 1, 1944
T/5 Morris E. Hoffman, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hoffman, near Creagerstown, was reported killed in action in France on November 15 in a telegram from the War Department received by his parents Thursday. He was 21 years of age and the last of the three brothers to arrive overseas. The older brothers, Charles R. and John W. Hoffman are in action in Italy and Germany. T/5 Hoffman had been overseas about three months. Prior to entering the service, he was employed on the farm of this father and on neighboring farms. Besides his parents and two brothers, he is survived by one sister, Evelyn, at home.
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The News, Frederick, MD, September 7, 1948
The remains of Cpl. Morris E. Hoffman, Creagerstown, who was killed in the U.S. Advance on Wuisse, France on November 15, 1944, will arrive in Thurmont this evening and will remain at the M.L. Creager and Son funeral home until Monday morning at 10 o'clock when they will be removed to the Creagerstown cemetery where religious and military rites will be conducted by Rev. E.K. Helwig and Edwin C. Creeger, Jr., Post, The American Legion of Thurmont.
Cpl. Hoffman, a son of John and Ethel Hankey Hoffman, Creagerstown, was born January 19, 1920 and entered the Army on February 6, 1942. His training followed at Camp Wheeler, Ga., Camp Edwards, Mass, Camp A.P. Hill, Va, Ft. Jackson, SC, Camp Gordon, Ga, and Camp Campbell, Ky. He went overseas in September 1942, as a technician with the Headquarters Division, Second Battalion, 328 Infantry. He was interred in the Province of Lorraine, France and a memorial service was held at St. John's Lutheran Church, in Creagerstown, on April 29, 1945 by his pastor, Rev. Francis Reinberger. Surviving are his parents, one sister, Evelyn M., at home, and two brothers, John W., Thurmont, and Charles R. Hoffman, Baltimore.
Contributor: Karl H Wheatley (50269493).
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The News, Frederick, MD, February 2, 1943
Three Brothers in Army PVT. MORRIS HOFFMAN, stationed at Camp Meade, Pvt. Charles R. Hoffman, stationed at Camp Edwards, Mass., Pvt. John Hoffman, stationed at Camp Shelby, Miss, are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. John Hoffman, Creagerstown.
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The News, Frederick, MD, December 1, 1944
T/5 Morris E. Hoffman, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hoffman, near Creagerstown, was reported killed in action in France on November 15 in a telegram from the War Department received by his parents Thursday. He was 21 years of age and the last of the three brothers to arrive overseas. The older brothers, Charles R. and John W. Hoffman are in action in Italy and Germany. T/5 Hoffman had been overseas about three months. Prior to entering the service, he was employed on the farm of this father and on neighboring farms. Besides his parents and two brothers, he is survived by one sister, Evelyn, at home.
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The News, Frederick, MD, September 7, 1948
The remains of Cpl. Morris E. Hoffman, Creagerstown, who was killed in the U.S. Advance on Wuisse, France on November 15, 1944, will arrive in Thurmont this evening and will remain at the M.L. Creager and Son funeral home until Monday morning at 10 o'clock when they will be removed to the Creagerstown cemetery where religious and military rites will be conducted by Rev. E.K. Helwig and Edwin C. Creeger, Jr., Post, The American Legion of Thurmont.
Cpl. Hoffman, a son of John and Ethel Hankey Hoffman, Creagerstown, was born January 19, 1920 and entered the Army on February 6, 1942. His training followed at Camp Wheeler, Ga., Camp Edwards, Mass, Camp A.P. Hill, Va, Ft. Jackson, SC, Camp Gordon, Ga, and Camp Campbell, Ky. He went overseas in September 1942, as a technician with the Headquarters Division, Second Battalion, 328 Infantry. He was interred in the Province of Lorraine, France and a memorial service was held at St. John's Lutheran Church, in Creagerstown, on April 29, 1945 by his pastor, Rev. Francis Reinberger. Surviving are his parents, one sister, Evelyn M., at home, and two brothers, John W., Thurmont, and Charles R. Hoffman, Baltimore.
Enlisted 6 February 1942 at Fort Meade MD. Service No. 3138802. Corporal/TEC5, Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 328th Infantry, 26th Infantry Division. Killed in action in eastern France during the U.S. and Allied Forces Northern France campaign.
Contributor: Karl H Wheatley (50269493).
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The News, Frederick, MD, February 2, 1943
Three Brothers in Army PVT. MORRIS HOFFMAN, stationed at Camp Meade, Pvt. Charles R. Hoffman, stationed at Camp Edwards, Mass., Pvt. John Hoffman, stationed at Camp Shelby, Miss, are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. John Hoffman, Creagerstown.
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The News, Frederick, MD, December 1, 1944
T/5 Morris E. Hoffman, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hoffman, near Creagerstown, was reported killed in action in France on November 15 in a telegram from the War Department received by his parents Thursday. He was 21 years of age and the last of the three brothers to arrive overseas. The older brothers, Charles R. and John W. Hoffman are in action in Italy and Germany. T/5 Hoffman had been overseas about three months. Prior to entering the service, he was employed on the farm of this father and on neighboring farms. Besides his parents and two brothers, he is survived by one sister, Evelyn, at home.
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The News, Frederick, MD, September 7, 1948
The remains of Cpl. Morris E. Hoffman, Creagerstown, who was killed in the U.S. Advance on Wuisse, France on November 15, 1944, will arrive in Thurmont this evening and will remain at the M.L. Creager and Son funeral home until Monday morning at 10 o'clock when they will be removed to the Creagerstown cemetery where religious and military rites will be conducted by Rev. E.K. Helwig and Edwin C. Creeger, Jr., Post, The American Legion of Thurmont.
Cpl. Hoffman, a son of John and Ethel Hankey Hoffman, Creagerstown, was born January 19, 1920 and entered the Army on February 6, 1942. His training followed at Camp Wheeler, Ga., Camp Edwards, Mass, Camp A.P. Hill, Va, Ft. Jackson, SC, Camp Gordon, Ga, and Camp Campbell, Ky. He went overseas in September 1942, as a technician with the Headquarters Division, Second Battalion, 328 Infantry. He was interred in the Province of Lorraine, France and a memorial service was held at St. John's Lutheran Church, in Creagerstown, on April 29, 1945 by his pastor, Rev. Francis Reinberger. Surviving are his parents, one sister, Evelyn M., at home, and two brothers, John W., Thurmont, and Charles R. Hoffman, Baltimore.
Contributor: Karl H Wheatley (50269493).
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The News, Frederick, MD, February 2, 1943
Three Brothers in Army PVT. MORRIS HOFFMAN, stationed at Camp Meade, Pvt. Charles R. Hoffman, stationed at Camp Edwards, Mass., Pvt. John Hoffman, stationed at Camp Shelby, Miss, are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. John Hoffman, Creagerstown.
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The News, Frederick, MD, December 1, 1944
T/5 Morris E. Hoffman, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hoffman, near Creagerstown, was reported killed in action in France on November 15 in a telegram from the War Department received by his parents Thursday. He was 21 years of age and the last of the three brothers to arrive overseas. The older brothers, Charles R. and John W. Hoffman are in action in Italy and Germany. T/5 Hoffman had been overseas about three months. Prior to entering the service, he was employed on the farm of this father and on neighboring farms. Besides his parents and two brothers, he is survived by one sister, Evelyn, at home.
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The News, Frederick, MD, September 7, 1948
The remains of Cpl. Morris E. Hoffman, Creagerstown, who was killed in the U.S. Advance on Wuisse, France on November 15, 1944, will arrive in Thurmont this evening and will remain at the M.L. Creager and Son funeral home until Monday morning at 10 o'clock when they will be removed to the Creagerstown cemetery where religious and military rites will be conducted by Rev. E.K. Helwig and Edwin C. Creeger, Jr., Post, The American Legion of Thurmont.
Cpl. Hoffman, a son of John and Ethel Hankey Hoffman, Creagerstown, was born January 19, 1920 and entered the Army on February 6, 1942. His training followed at Camp Wheeler, Ga., Camp Edwards, Mass, Camp A.P. Hill, Va, Ft. Jackson, SC, Camp Gordon, Ga, and Camp Campbell, Ky. He went overseas in September 1942, as a technician with the Headquarters Division, Second Battalion, 328 Infantry. He was interred in the Province of Lorraine, France and a memorial service was held at St. John's Lutheran Church, in Creagerstown, on April 29, 1945 by his pastor, Rev. Francis Reinberger. Surviving are his parents, one sister, Evelyn M., at home, and two brothers, John W., Thurmont, and Charles R. Hoffman, Baltimore.
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