Name:
Jerry T. Illich
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
Unit:
278th Aero Squadron
Date of Death:
1919-04-19
State:
California
Cemetery:
St Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Fran
Plot:
B
Row:
20
Grave:
16
Decoration:
Comments:
Born April 30, 1893, in Los Angeles, California. Son of Jerry and Helen Stovell Illich. Home, San Diego, California. Educated Belmont School, California, and University of California, Class of 1913. Farming. Joined American Field Service, December 30, 1915; attached Section Three to May 22, 1916. Returned to America. Subsequently enlisted U.S. Aviation at Chico, California. Trained University of California and Rockwell Field, San Diego. Commissioned First Lieutenant, January 9, 1917. Trained Camp Dick, Texas, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and Camp Columbia, South Carolina. Sailed for France, September 13, 1918. Attached 278th Aero Squadron. Killed in accident, April 7, 1919, at Toni.