Charles HOFFECKER
Legion of Honor and the Medaille Militaire (French)
Born on May 7 1884 in Brooklyn , NY. Was from San Francisco, CA.
Was a mining Engineer who worked in Crete. Enlisted in the FFF in 1915.
Was KIA fighting in France at Caillette Wood near Verdun on May 3, 1916.
From the Mémoire des homes (French Ministry of Defense) Website:
Mort pour la France le 03-05-1916 (Chaumont-sur-Aire - ambulance 233 - secteur postal 24, 55 - Meuse, France)
Né(e) le/en 07-05-1884 à Brooklyn (Etats-Unis) 31 ans, 11 mois et 27 jours
Career:
Status:militaire
Rank: caporal
Unit: 2e régiment de marche du 1er régiment étranger (2e RM du 1er RE)
Class: 1914 (EV)
Recruitment office: Seine bureau central (75)
Recruitment roll number: 5151
Reference: Mort pour la France
Place of transcription of death: Suresnes (92 - Hauts-de-Seine (ex Seine et Seine-et-Oise), France)
Sources: Service historique de la Défense, Caen
Sources: American fighters in the Foreign legion, 1914-1918 by Paul Ayres Rockwell