Wilbur M. Collins
Home Town: Macon, GA
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Wilbur M. Collins, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chatel-Chehery, France, October 8, 1918. After the barrage had failed to fall in time, he led his platoon into the face of machine-gun fire, personally capturing one gun and turning it on the enemy, causing them to flee in disorder. Haying reached his objective, he organized his positions under a heavy artillery barrage.
