Peter J. Hoffmann

Peter John Hoffmann was born Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota on August 18, 1919, to Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Hoffmann.  He entered ASS Mandan, North Dakota on April 1, 1941, and served in the European African Middle Eastern Theater. A letter from the war department stated he participated in the invasion of northern France and that he was last seen on the beach near St. Laurent Sur-Mer, which was being subjected to enemy machine gun and rifle fire. The letter stated that every effort has been made to secure information bearing on his absence and that all records, reports and circumstances were reviewed, and that with the elapse of twelve months without evidence to support a presumption of survival, the department must terminate such absence by a presumptive finding of death, and that an official finding of death has been recorded according to law as of June 7, 1945. The letter was signed by General J. A. Ulie, adjutant general of the army. Hoffman saw action in Africa on Hill 609 and was with the troops in Tunis and Bizerte. He was wounded in Sicily in July 1943. He recuperated in England and was assigned to a training unit and again went into action in northern France in June 1944. First Lieutenant Hoffman was killed in action on June 6, 1945, in St Laurent, France.  His remains were not recovered. First Lieutenant Hoffman received the Purple Heart and the Silver Star for Gallantry in Action. His burial plot is in the Mandan Union Cemetery, Plot Northside, Lot 254, Grave 4.

Source: Ancestry/Find a Grave