| James Hoyt | |
| Birth Date: | 16 May 1925 |
| Birth Place: | Oxford, Iowa |
| Death Place: | Oxford, Iowa |
| Spouse: | Doris Hoyt |
James Francis Hoyt (May 16, 1925 – August 11, 2008) was one of the four American soldiers who discovered the Buchenwald concentration camp.[1] According to military records, Hoyt, then a private first class, was part of a group of four members of the 6th Armored Division, who were the first Americans to discover Buchenwald on April 11, 1945.[2]