Medal of Honor
July 18, 1918
near Belleau, France
- Rank at action
- Private First Class
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- World War I
- Unit or command
- Company H, 103d Infantry, 26th Division
- Presentation date
- December 31, 1919
The Citation
Sources ↓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.
Sources & record notes
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000302
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 13
- Entered service at
- Keene, N.H.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 6db8dad5b382f2ec5a59f7427804709ca9b52580d535feacdda7a2cdadf843a5
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.