George Joseph Hofmann Jr, son of George Sr and Evelyn L (Parr) Hofmann, was born December 2, 1924 in Baltimore, Maryland. He registered for the draft December 29, 1942 when he was an 18 year old student at Calvert Hall High School in Baltimore and was inducted in the Army June 30, 1943 at Baltimore. He served as a Messenger in Company B, 137th Infantry Regiment and landed at Omaha Beach, Normandy France July 7, 1944. Pvt George J Hofmann, Jr was killed in action in the vicinity of La Meauffe, just north of St Lo, France. He was posthumously awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge August 2, 1944. He is buried at Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland.