LT Bruce Van Hoozen: 4/12 Inf (M), H. D. Smith Barracks, Baumholder FRG

Bruce Van Hoozen and I swapped a few emails in February, and you can reach him at bvh71@frontiernet.net.

Says Bruce:

I was at Delta for 18 months as both platoon leader and acting
XO. Then I spent 10 months as mortar platoon leader, and was in the infamous S-3 shop until I left the Army in June of '91.

These days he's up in northern Wisconsin, running his own electrical business.

Returning to Baumholder days, Bruce sent me stacks of information and news but I figured I'd better just extract the names for the moment since I don't have his permission to post it all.

First up, Bruce recalls that LT Hill's first name was John. He left the Army about a half a year after being injured at Hohenfels in 1989.

Bruce also recalls a few fellows from the Mortar Platoon, including Mike Standifer, Platoon Sergeant Paine, Platoon Sergeant Kelly and SSGT Grillet.

Beyond that, here are the names of several battalion officers that Bruce remembers, several of whom were with us in 1/39 Inf (M):

LT Ken Sampson

LT John Hill

LT Will Beckman (made O-3 and then went to IOAC in '91)

CPT John Farmer (formerly of the S-3 shop, went up to Bad Kreuznach in 1991 and later left the Army)

CPT Burnsworth (briefly Delta Company CO)

CPT McKinny (Delta Company CO after CPT Burnsworth)

CPT Alston (Delta Company CO after Captain McKinny)

MAJ Hicks (ended up as a bull colonel with a brigade at Fort Riley)

LTC Goodrich

Thanks for the info, Bruce!

Warriors