Unit/Command: Company A, 1st Engineers, 1st Division
Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Action Date: October 9, 1918
Medal of Honor Action Place: near Verdun, France
Citation
Volunteering with two other soldiers to locate machine-gun 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.
Additional Details
Accredited to: South Ozone, Queens County, New York
Awarded Posthumously: Yes
Born: March 5, 1898, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY, United States
Died: October 10, 1918, France
Buried: Cypress Hills National Cemetery (PMH) (2-8588), Brooklyn, NY, United States
Location of Medal:
1st Infantry Division Museum at Cantigny, Wheaton, IL