Leo Hoos

Company A 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 03/01/1945

Leo Hoos was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 9, 1919.

He enlisted in the Regular Army for service in the Philippine Department on March 6, 1941
at Jamaica New York. His home of residence was listed as Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
and his civilian occupation was listed as Shipping And Receiving Clerks. He had completed
four years of High School and was single with no dependents. His religion was listed as Hebrew.

The date of his assignment to the 22nd Infantry is unknown but he was with the Regiment
at least by December 1942 as his name is listed in a Company roster on a menu for the
Christmas Dinner of Company A 22nd Infantry at Camp Gordon, Georgia in December 1942. *

He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal as a Corporal in Headquarters 22nd Infantry General Orders No. 5
dated June 8, 1943 at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

He was listed as Missing In Action on June 8, 1944 and rerturned to duty on June 11, 1944.

He was wounded in action on July 12, 1944 and returned to duty on September 20, 1944.

He was lightly wounded in action on November 20, 1944. The date of his return to his Company could not be found,
but was most likely in January 1945.

He was lightly wounded in the hand on February 6, 1945, but stayed with his Company.

Sergeant Hoos was killed in action in Germany near the Prüm River, in the vicinity of Dausfeld
on March 1, 1945.

Decorations of Leo Hoos

Article from the Brooklyn Eagle Thursday March 10, 1949
announcing the return of the remains of Leo Hoos to his father Max Hoos.

Courtesy of Julien Woestyn

Leo Hoos was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery
Foy Cemetery, Bastogne, Belgium and in March 1949 his remains were returned to the United States
where he was reinterred in New York.

Burial:
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Flushing
Queens County
New York

Grave marker for Leo Hoos

Photo by RJ Horowitz from the Find A Grave website

* Courtesy of Julien Woestyn

Top photo of Leo Hoos courtesy of Theophile Odaert
Note 22nd Infantry insignia on the lapels of his coat

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