Pere Wilmer

The Navy Cross is presented to Pere Wilmer, Major, U.S. Marine Corps, for meritorious and distinguished service near Vierzy, France, July 19, 1918. As Battalion Commander, 2nd Battalion, 6th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F., Major Wilmer showed great courage and an utter disregard of danger in crossing with his battalion an exposed terrain of a distance of three kilometers under intense artillery and machine-gun fire. Major Wilmer led his men on by his example.