Corporal Richard A. Hoffmann

Historical marker location:

2548 Veterans Memorial Pkway, Highland, Illinois

( Memorial is on Veterans Memorial Parkway north of Michael Road, on the right when traveling north.)

Vietnam War. 1st Marine Division.

The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was held in Chicago in 1893. The fair was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World, and it attracted over 27 million visitors from around the world.