Leonard Lawrence Hoffman
Born: at Minneapolis, Minnesota
Home Town: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Marine Corps
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Leonard Lawrence Hoffman, Private, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the 81st Company, 6th Machine-Gun Battalion, 6th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action near Blanc Mont, France, October 5, 1918. Private Hoffman showed exceptional courage in volunteering and carrying an important message through a heavy machine- gun barrage, after another soldier met death in attempting to do so.
Navy Cross
World War I
U.S. Marine Corps
The Navy Cross is presented to Leonard Lawrence Hoffman, Private, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the 81st Company, 6th Machine-Gun Battalion, 6th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action near Blanc Mont, France, October 5, 1918. Private Hoffman showed exceptional courage in volunteering and carrying an important message through a heavy machine-gun barrage, after another soldier met death in attempting to do so.