Born in Pennsylvania, 1st Lt Dr. Wendell Phillips received his basic degree from La State University in 1911, and became a Doctor through the Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia in 1915. Shortly there after he came to Oregon Agricultural College as the OAC Medical Advisor before entering the service. While going through the Army’s Medical School, he became ill with the Spanish Influenza and died from the pneumonia the illness caused in the Base Hospital on Camp Lee, Virginia. He was survived by his wife, parents, and five siblings.
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