Name:
Wilbur E. Colyer
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
Unit:
1st Engineer Combat Battalion, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-10-10
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, Ne
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Congressional Medal of Honor
Comments:
Colyer was awarded his Medal of Honor in action near Verdun on Oct. 9, 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."