Born in Los Angeles, California, April 30, 1893
Attended the Belmont School in Los Angeles, 1910-1912
Enrolled in the University Farm School, Davis, August 1914 Completed four semesters in residence

Military Service

MILITARY HISTORY
World War I S/N (not - available)

Military Training

Enlisted 9 April 1917 as a Private in Headquarters Company, California National Guard (organization in Federal service; honorably discharged 26 June 1917 at Ft. Mason, California.)
Enlisted 27 June 1917, Aviation Section, Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps, AD and entered on active duty same date.
9 July 1917; assigned to the School of Military Aeronautics, Berkeley, California.
19 September 1917; assigned to SCAS, San Diego, California.
4 January 1918; assigned to Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.
18 January 1918; completed the training program and honorably discharged.

COMMISSIONED First Lieutenant, Aviation Section, Signal Officers I Reserve Corps, 19 January 1918; accepted appointment and entered on active duty same date.

Active Service Assignments

Apr 1918; assigned 4th Aero Squadron, Camp Dick, Texas.
July 1918; assigned 276th Aero Sq, Camp Jackson, South Carolina.
14 September 1918; departed the continental United States for overseas duty.
Nov 1918; assigned to 278th Aero Squadron, American Expeditionary Forces, France.
In Service 1 year, 11 months and 29 days.

Lieutenant Illich died 7 April 1919 from injuries sustained in an airplane accident over France.

Decorations and Awards

WORLD WAR I VICTORY MEDAL, with clasp for France.

INTERMENT: American Expeditionary Forces Cemetery, Toul, France.