FOSTER, GARY EVANS - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company F, 118th Infantry,
30th Division. Place and date: Near Montbrehain, France, 8 October 1918.
Entered service at: Inman, S.C. Birth: Spartanburg, S.C. G.O. No.: 16,
W.D., 1919. Citation: When his company was held up by violent machinegun
fire from a sunken road, Sgt. Foster with an officer went forward to attack
the hostile machinegun nests. The officer was wounded, but Sgt. Foster
continued on alone in the face of the heavy fire and by effective use of
handgrenades and his pistol killed several of the enemy and captured 18.
This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)
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