| 词条 | Gary Evans Foster |
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|name= Gary E. Foster |birth_date= {{Birth date|1894|11|6}} |death_date= {{Death date and age|1951|7|22|1894|11|6}} |birth_place= Spartanburg, South Carolina |death_place= |placeofburial= New Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery Chesnee, South Carolina |placeofburial_label= Place of burial |image= Gary E. Foster - WWI Medal of Honor recipient.jpg |caption= Medal of Honor recipient |nickname= |allegiance={{flag|United States of America}} |branch= United States Army |serviceyears= |rank= Sergeant |commands= |unit= Company F, 118th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division |battles= World War I |awards= Medal of Honor |laterwork= }} Gary Evans Foster (November 6, 1894 – July 22, 1951) was a S.C. National Guard Soldier serving in the United States Army during World War I who received the Medal of Honor for bravery. BiographyFoster was born November 6, 1894 in Spartanburg, South Carolina and after enlisting in the United States Army was sent to France to fight in World War I. After returning home from the war, Foster attended Clemson College.[1] He died July 22, 1951 and is buried in New Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery, Chesnee, South Carolina.[2] Medal of Honor citationRank 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.[3] See also{{Portal|Biography|United States Army|World War I}}
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1. ^http://www.clemson.edu/cbbs/departments/air-rotc/about-us/graduates.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Foster, Gary E.}}2. ^{{Find a Grave|7808512|work=Claim to Fame: Medal of Honor recipients|accessdate=2009-07-19}} 3. ^{{Cite web |accessdate=2009-07-19 |url = http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/worldwari.html |title = Medal of Honor recipients |work = World War I |publisher= United States Army Center of Military History |date = June 8, 2009}} 8 : 1894 births|1951 deaths|United States Army Medal of Honor recipients|United States Army soldiers|American military personnel of World War I|Burials in South Carolina|People from Spartanburg, South Carolina|World War I recipients of the Medal of Honor |
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