Colyer, Wilbur E., SGT

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Sergeant

Last Service Branch
Engineer Corps

Last MOS Group
Engineer Corps (Enlisted)

Primary Unit
1917-1918, 1st Engineer Combat Battalion

Service Years
1917 - 1918

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Personal Details

Home State

New York

Year of Birth
1898

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Casualty Info

Home Town Brooklyn, New York	Last Address South Ozone, New York

Casualty Date Oct 10, 1918
Cause Hostile, Died	Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location France	Conflict World War I
Location of Interment Cypress Hills National Cemetery - Brooklyn, New York	Wall/Plot Coordinates Section 2, Grave 8588

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1918, World War I Fallen
	1918, Medal of Honor Recipients [Verified] - Assoc. Page

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Unit Assignments/ Advancement Schools


	1917-1918, 1st Engineer Combat Battalion

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1918-1918 World War I/World War I/Montdidier-Noyon Campaign
	1918-1918 World War I/World War I/Aisne-Marne Campaign
	1918-1918 World War I/World War I/St. Mihiel Campaign
	1918-1918 World War I/World War I/Meuse-Argonne Campaign

Additional Information

Last Known Activity
Sgt. Colyer served in France with Company A, 1st Engineers, 1st Division, AEF.

He was awarded posthuously the Medal of Honor for his bravery near Verdun, France, on 9 October 1918.

His citation reads

"Volunteering with 2 other soldiers to locate machinegun nests, Sgt. Colyer advanced on the hostile positions to a point where he was half surrounded by the nests, which were in ambush. He killed the gunner of one gun with a captured German grenade and then turned this gun on the other nests silencing all of them before he returned to his platoon. He was later killed in action".

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