Earle Davis Gregory-Tuscaloosa, AL
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World War I Medal of Honor Recipient for action in Bois-de-Consenvoye, France on October 8, 1918. He is buried in Tuscaloosa Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa AL Section 18, Lot 60.
Waymark Code: WMWP66
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 09/25/2017
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He was born on October 18, 1897 in Clayville Virginia and died on January 6, 1972 in Tuscaloosa AL. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: GREGORY, EARL D.
• Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, Headquarters Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division
• Place and date: At Bois-de-Consenvoye, north of Verdun, France, 8 October 1918
• Entered service at: Chase City, Va.
• G.O. No.: 34, W.D., 1919
Citation: With the remark "I will get them," Sgt. Gregory seized a rifle and a trench-mortar shell, which he used as a handgrenade, left his detachment of the trench-mortar platoon, and advancing ahead of the infantry, captured a machinegun and 3 of the enemy. Advancing still farther from the machinegun nest, he captured a 7.5-centimeter mountain howitzer and, entering a dugout in the immediate vicinity, single-handedly captured 19 of the enemy.
Armed Service: Army
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