Biography gleaned from www.westpointaog.org
Graduate United States Military Academy Class of 1938

Gregory Hoisington. Jr. was born at West Point New York The eldest of a family of six children, on October 26 1914. He was the son of then Lieutenant and Mrs. Gregory Hoisington, USMA Class of 1911. He spent his boyhood in Army posts from Manila, Philippine Islands, to Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio.

Gregory attended Ohio State University at Columbus for the school year 1931-1932, he then left with his family for Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. While their he attended the University of Kansas at Lawrence. His efforts in education was primarily preparation for the military academy.

While at Fort Leavenworth Greg Joined the 137th Infantry Regiment of the Kansas National Guard. The 137th Infantry was the successor to an illustrious Kansas volunteer regiment that had been commanded by Greg's grandfather, Colonel Perry M. Hoisington. It was most appropriate that Greg should win a competitive appointment to West Point from the Kansas National Guard. Entering West Point on July 2, 1934. A good athlete, he did well at sports especially fencing. Greg took his father's branch, the Infantry, as his basic choice, but he applied for the Air Corps, where his ambitions had always led him. He joined and served as a student in the Air Corps Primary Flying School at Randolph Field, Texas, from September 16, 1938 to June 1, 1939. He moved to Kelly Field and Brooks Field. Texas, as an advanced student and as an instructor until December 8, 1940. He was assistant Air Corps Supervisor at the Ryan School of Aeronautics, Hemet, California, from December 1940 to May 1941, when he moved to Moffet Field, California.

The Air Corps had then just established a Glider School at Elmira, New York. First Lieutenant Hoisington was selected as its first student nominee. It was while on his way to the East that Greg met his death. At Church Buttes, Wyoming, on the continental divide, his car was upset in a a freak accident. Taken to Evanston, Wyoming, Greg died in Jacoby Hospital there at 7:00 P.M., September 17, 1941. He was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery.

Gregory Hoisington, Jr