George Dilboy
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Died when: 22 years 163 days (269 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
George Dilboy (Americanized transliteration of Greek name, Georgios Dilvois: Ge?????? ???ß???), (February 5, 1896 – July 18, 1918), Private First Class, U.S.Army, Company H, 103rd Infantry Regiment (United States), 26th Division is thought to be the first Greek-American to receive the Medal of Honor during World War I.
He led an attack on a machine gun position and continued to fire at the enemy despite being seriously wounded, killing two of the enemy and dispersing the remainder of the gun crew.
General John Pershing listed George Dilboy as "one of the ten great heroes" who "died in the battlefield of France with super-human heroism and valor." Dilboy is buried in Section 18 of Arlington National Cemetery.
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