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, 1919 Spartanburg County, South Carolina Genealogy Trails Transcribed by Dena Whitesell *Indicates posthumous award 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.  Whe his company was held up by violent machine-gun fire from a sunken road, Sergt. Foster, with an officer, went forward to attack thehostile 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 Back to Spartanburg County, South Carolina Genealogy Trails Copyright © Genealogy Trails All Rights Reserved with Full Rights Reserved for Original Contributor This is a FREE website. If you were directed here through a link for which you paid $ for, you can access much more FREE data via our South Carolina index page at http://www.genealogytrails.com/scar/index.html Also make sure to visit our main Genealogy Trails History Group website at http://genealogytrails.com for much more nationwide historical/genealogical data and access to other state/county data