Unteroffizer Leonard Jost 13 JGK/GR17

[ravrick]

Hi,
I am trying to research this soldier:
Unteroffizer Leonard Jost (spelt with a double dot umlaut over the o) who was awarded the EK1 on 24 Dec 1943 with 13 Jager Kompanie Grenadier Regt 17. Part of the 31 Infantry Division.

I believe he was KIA in March 1944 but cannot confirm this with the war graves as my UK keyboard does not spell the name correctly.

Also as a EK1 holder he must have been awarded other medals - how would I go about finding this information out?

cheers,
Rick

[soldbuch]

keyboard

Hi, set your keyboard to be dual language then you can change from one to the other, it works for me üöä .
Documental

[naxos]

13. Kp is Infanterie-Geschütz-Kompanie

[Gerdan]

Among the more than 60 " Jöst " listed in the Volksbund list as KIA I could not find a " Leonhard

Jöst " - only a Peter Leonhard Jöst. He died 02.11.1945 in a Russian POW Camp but his rank

was Obergefreiter.

Gerdan

[ravrick]

Thanks for looking Gerdan,
I have just read the website and it states that it doesn't list all the names. I had a look at my old notes and the info I got back from the war graves via letter back in the 1980's states

Uff Leonhard Jost

Born Litzelbach 16.06.1919

Missing 26.03.1944

so I presume he is one of the names missing from the site as he is missing without a grave.
cheers,
Rick

[Gerdan]

There are a great quantity of names still not listed. So the information from the "war graves" should

be correct.


Gerdan

[Gerdan]

You see the town Litzelbach from which he came from has listed him on the local war garave

monument.

http://www.denkmalprojekt.org/2014/l...k1_wk2_hs.html

Gerdan

[ravrick]

That's excellent information, many thanks.

I wonder if Adam Jost is a relative?

Rick

[Gerdan]

Litzelbach has only 160 inhabitants today . So I think there are only a few families living there

and I think they should be related.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litzelbach_(Grasellenbach)

Gerdan

[Gerdan]

Just to add the correct German writing of your Guy's family name:

Jöst - Jeost not Jo[COLOR="Black"]st.

Gerdan