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Feb 05, 1896 Alaçatı, Turkey Died on 18 Jul 1918 (aged 22)
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
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About George Dilboy
- George Dilboy (Americanized transliteration of Greek name: 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.
