1919 – 1944
2d Lt Victor W. Schultz, Company C, 137th Infantry, received the Silver Star for gallantry in action in the battle at St. Lo, France on July 17, 1944, and was wounded in the battle at Mortain, France on Aug. 13, 1944. He was awarded the Combat Infantryman’s Badge on Sept 1, 1944, returned to duty on Sept 29, 1944, and given a battlefield commission from Tech Sergeant to Second Lieutenant on Sept. 30, 1944. He was killed in action on Nov. 8, 1944 at Jallaucourt, France. He was awarded a Silver Star Oak Leaf Cluster for his actions in the battle in which he lost his life. He is buried at Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint-Avold, France, and is memorialized at Hillside Cemetery, Ripon, Wisconsin near his home.