About
World War I (1914-1918)
Roland Raymond Phillips was born in Schenectady, New York, on March 17, 1895. He grew up in the city of Schenectady, and in 1914, he graduated from Schenectady High School and went on to study radio at the Leland Powers School of Radio in Boston, Massachusetts.
On July 24, 1918, Roland enlisted in the United States Army. He was a private serving with Battery D, 31st Field Artillery Regiment. Roland died of the flu on October 17, 1918, while stationed at Camp Meade in Maryland. He is buried in Vale Cemetery in Schenectady, New York.
*On several documents, his name was spelled Roland, Rolland, or Rowland.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry