South Ozone Park in Queens in Queens County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Sergeant Colyer Square
September 23, 2021
1. Sergeant Colyer Square Marker
Dedicated to the memory of
Wilbur E. Colyer
Sergeant Co. A, 1st Engineers, 1st Division, U.S.A.
Killed in action.
Oct. 10th 1918, Hill 269, Verdun France.
Awarded Medal of Honor.
Erected 1932 by American Legion Wilbur E. Colyer Post 28 and citizens of this community.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list.
Location. 40° 40.483′ N, 73° 48.322′ W. Memorial is in Queens, New York, in Queens County. It is in South Ozone Park. It is on Rockaway Boulevard near 133rd Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 133-04 Rockaway Blvd, South Ozone Park NY 11420, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in New York City. It is also in the American Northeast. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, the Western Hemisphere, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Catholic War Veterans Square Monument (approx. 0.6 miles away); Great World War Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away); U.S. Post Office Veterans Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away); Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 1.8 miles away); Morris Park World War I Memorial (approx. 1.8 miles away); Walter J. (Joe) Wetzel, Jr. Memorial
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Photographed by Erik Lander, April 16, 2012
2. Sargeant Colyer Square Marker
September 23, 2021
3. Sergeant Colyer Square Marker - wide view
Photographed by Don Morfe, November 25, 2011
4. Sergeant Colyer Square Marker
Grave marker inscription-Sergeant Wilbur E. Colyer, Co.A. 1st Engineers, Mar. 5, 1898-Oct. 10, 1918-Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for act performed Oct. 10. 1918. He is buried in Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn NY.
MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION-*COLYER, WILBUR E. (Killed in Action)
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company A, 1st Engineers, 1st Division. Place and date: Near Verdun, France, 9 October 1918. Entered service at: South Ozone, Long Island, N.Y. Birth: Brooklyn, N.Y. G.O. No.: 20, W.D., 1919. Citation: Volunteering with 2 other soldiers to locate machinegun nests, Sgt. Colyer advanced on the hostile positions to a point where he was half surrounded by the nests, which were in ambush. He killed the gunner of one gun with a captured German grenade and then turned this gun on the other nests silencing all of them before he returned to his platoon. He was later killed in action.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 16, 2012, by Erik Lander of Brooklyn, New York. This page has been viewed 819 times since then and 23 times this year. Last updated on October 16, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. Photos: 1. submitted on September 27, 2021, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. 2. submitted on April 16, 2012, by Erik Lander of Brooklyn, New York. 3. submitted on September 27, 2021. 4. submitted on January 3, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
