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First Name: Clive

Last Name: Collier

Birthplace: Petersburg, TN, USA

Gender: Male

Branch: Army (1784 - present)



Home of Record: Waxahachie, TX
Middle Name: C.



Date of Birth: 30 December 1892

Date of Death: 28 May 1957

Rank: Corporal

Years Served: 1918-1919
Clive Clyde Collier

   
Engagements:
•  World War I (1914 - 1918)

Biography:

Clive Clyde Collier

Captain, U. S. Army

Distinguished Service Cross

GENERAL ORDERS:
War Department, General Orders No. 46 (1919)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Corporal Clive C. Collier (ASN: 2808730), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division, A.E.F., near Villers-devant-Dun, France, 1 and 2 November 1918.
Corporal Collier courageously led his squad through heavy machine-gun and artillery fire and drove off several machine-gun crews. The next day after being wounded by fire from a heavy Maxim gun, he continued the advance, captured the gun, killed one of the crew, and took two prisoners.

On 23 April 1919 awarded the French Croix de Guerre with gilt star.



Origin of Nickname/Handle:

Texas WWI Exceptional Gallantry

Honoree ID: 316041   Created by: drjones46

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