Mecklenburg County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Military Records.....Gregory, Earl D. 1918
WWI 116th Infantry, 29th Division
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Congressional Medal Of Honor Citation
  Earl D. Gregory, sergeant, Headquarters Company, 116th Infantry, 29th
Division. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of
duty in action with the enemy at Bois de Consenvoye, north of Verdun, France,
October 8, 1918. With the remark "I will get them," Sergt. Gregory seized a
rifle and a trench-mortar shell, which he used as a hand grenade, left his
detachment of the trench-mortar platoon, and, advancing ahead of the infantry,
captured a machine gun and three of the enemy. Advancing still farther from the
machine-gun nest, he captured a 7.5-centimeter mountain howitzer and, entering a
dugout in the immediate vicinity, single-handed captured 19 of the enemy.
Residence at enlistment: Chase City, Va.

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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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