Medal of Honor
October 8, 1918
near Montbrehain, France
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- World War I
- Unit or command
- Company F, 118th Infantry, 30th Division
- Presentation date
- December 31, 1919
The Citation
Sources ↓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.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Gary Evans Foster — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000306
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 16
- Entered service at
- Inman, S.C.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- f7b214fe365e2337105b570645760d2b298a4d5542ffb3e6b74212c23185abfc
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.