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Medal of Honor Recipient

Gilbert George Collier

U.S. Army · Korean War

MOH-RC-002253Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1955

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Medal of Honor

July 19, 1953

Tutayon, Kangwon-do, Korea

Rank at action
Corporal
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Korean War
Unit or command
Company F, 223d Infantry Regiment, 40th Infantry Division
Presentation date
January 12, 1955

The Citation

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Sgt. Collier, a member of Company F, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and indomitable courage above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy. Sgt. Collier was pointman and assistant leader of a combat patrol committed to make contact with the enemy. As the patrol moved forward through the darkness, he and his commanding officer slipped and fell from a steep, 60-foot cliff and were injured. Incapacitated by a badly sprained ankle which prevented immediate movement, the officer ordered the patrol to return to the safety of friendly lines. Although suffering from a painful back injury, Sgt. Collier elected to remain with his leader, and before daylight they managed to crawl back up and over the mountainous terrain to the opposite valley where they concealed themselves in the brush until nightfall, then edged toward their company positions. Shortly after leaving the daylight retreat they were ambushed and, in the ensuing fire fight, Sgt. Collier killed 2 hostile soldiers, received painful wounds, and was separated from his companion. Then, ammunition expended, he closed in hand-to-hand combat with 4 attacking hostile infantrymen, killing, wounding, and routing the foe with his bayonet. He was mortally wounded during this action, but made a valiant attempt to reach and assist his leader in a desperate effort to save his comrade's life without regard for his own personal safety. Sgt. Collier's unflinching courage, consummate devotion to duty, and gallant self-sacrifice reflect lasting glory upon himself and uphold the noble traditions of the military service.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. Gilbert George Collier — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-30

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002263
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
3
Later or highest recorded rank
Sergeant
Entered service at
Tichnor, Ark.
Archive transcription SHA-256
d0da2c23f8671fbbd5836c58839a108a1365ef8ca9f96595f0f3a938a9434c36

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The inherited rank-1 Society candidate was confirmed by substantive comparison of identity, service, rank, unit or command, action context, and citation; candidate rank or successful rendering alone was not treated as verification. The current authoritative source expands or normalizes the inherited name from Gilbert G. Collier to Gilbert George Collier; both renderings remain preserved. The action rank Corporal remains distinct from the later or highest rank Sergeant. The controlled canonical unit or command is Company F, 223d Infantry Regiment, 40th Infantry Division; the inherited wording Not documented remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The current authoritative evidence controls the action date as 1953-07-19 and classifies the action under Korean War; the inherited unnormalized date and conflict values remain preserved in the audit record. The controlled historical action place is Tutayon, Kangwon-do, Korea; the complete inherited geocoder value South Korea remains preserved in the audit evidence. The inherited full citation remains canonical and checksum-protected; current rendered wording is preserved separately where transcribed. No underlying General Order was examined, so the exact-order gate remains pending and no General Order verification is claimed.

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