Unit/Command: Company C, 363d Infantry, 91st Division
Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Action Date: September 26, 1918
Medal of Honor Action Place: near Eclisfontaine, France
Citation
After his company had withdrawn for a distance of 200 yards on a line with the units on its flanks, Sgt. Katz learned that one of his comrades had been left wounded in an exposed position at the point from which the withdrawal had taken place. Voluntarily crossing an area swept by heavy machine-gun fire, he advanced to where the wounded soldier lay and carried him to a place of safety.
Medal of Honor Recipient Phillip C. Katz
Additional Details
Accredited to: San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: January 1, 1919 France, by Gen. John J. Pershing
Born: December 12, 1889, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA, United States
Died: October 29, 1987, San Francisco, CA, United States
Buried: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery (C-7), Colma, CA, United States