Biographical Note
Philip E. Scholz was born on September 3, 1895, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was drafted into the United States Army and reported for duty on May 23, 1918. He was assigned to Camp Grant, near Rockport, Illinois, for training camp, where he remained for three months. On August 21, 1918, Scholz, a private in C Company, 332nd Machine Gun Battalion, 86th Division, arrived at Camp Upton in Yaphank, New York for embarkation. He arrived in England on September 24, 1918. Soon after, Scholz left for France, where he would remain for the rest of his service in Europe. A little over a month after arriving in France, Scholz was injured by a piece of a shell that exploded over his group. He recuperated at Base Hospital 49 in Allerey, France, and by December had made a full recovery and was assigned light duty. Entering 1919, Scholz was still in France conducting guard duties. By March 18, 1919, Scholz was in Newport News, Virginia, awaiting his discharge.
Following his World War I service, Scholz returned to Wisconsin. He stayed with his brother for a period of time before buying land near his parents in Fredonia, Wisconsin, to become a farmer. He married and had two children. Philip E. Scholz died on October 19, 1962.