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Earl Gregory entered active duty in the U.S. Army from the Virginia National Guard.

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Regiment:

    116th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 8, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 34 (March 07, 1919)

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Earle Davis Gregory (ASN: 1290053), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 8 October 1918, while serving with Headquarters Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, in action at Bois-de-Consenvoye, France. With the remark “I will get them,” Sergeant 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 machinegun and three 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.