The President of the United States
in the name of
The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the
Medal of Honor
to
*DILBOY, GEORGE
Rank and Organization: Private First Class,
U.S. Army, Company H, 103d Infantry, 26th Division. Place and Date: Near Belleau,
France, 18 July 1918. Entered Service At: Keene, N.H. Birth: Greece. G.
O. No.: 13, W.D., 1919.
Citation:
After his platoon had gained its objective along a railroad embankment, Pfc. Dilboy,
accompanying his platoon leader to reconnoiter the ground beyond, was suddenly fired upon
by an enemy machinegun from 100 yards. From a standing position on the railroad track,
fully exposed to view, he opened fire at once, but failing to silence the gun, rushed
forward with his bayonet fixed, through a wheat field toward the gun emplacement, falling
within 25 yards of the gun with his right leg nearly severed above the knee and with
several bullet holes in his body. With undaunted courage he continued to fire into the
emplacement from a prone position, killing 2 of the enemy and dispersing the rest of the
crew.
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