Captain Sylvester Aloysious Hoffmann | UW Gold Star Honor Roll
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Sylvester Aloysious Hoffmann

Graduating Class of 1944
Served in World War II

Captain
Sylvester Aloysious Hoffmann

Army Air Forces

Hometown

Madison, WI

Date of Birth

Location of Death

New Ireland, Papua New Guinea

Date of Death

Location of Burial

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, KY

More About Captain Hoffmann

Captain Hoffman enlisted in the Army Air Forces in October, 1941. He then served as a bombardier-navigator on a B-25 bomber in the South Pacific war zone. He was the squadron bombing officer of the Rough Raiders.