Spartanburg County ScArchives Military Records.....Foster, Garey Evans 1918
WWI 118th Infantry, 30th Division, Co. G
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Congressional Medal Of Honor Citation
  Garey Evans Foster, sergeant, Company F, 118th Infantry, 30th Division. For
conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in
action with the enemy near Montbrehain, France, October 8, 1918. When his
company was held up by violent machine-gun fire from a sunken road, Sergt.
Foster, with an officer, went forward to attack the hostile machine-gun nests.
The officer was wounded, but Sergt. Foster continued on alone in the face of
heavy fire and by effective use of hand grenades and his pistol killed several
of the enemy and captured 18. Residence at enlistment: Inman, S. C.

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CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
AND THE
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL
ISSUED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT
Since April 6, 1917
Up to and including
General Orders, No. 126, War Department, November 11, 1919

COMPILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE ARMY
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1920


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