Medal of Honor Action Place: Bois-de-Consenvoye, France
Citation
With the remark "I will get them," Sgt. 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 machine gun and three of the enemy. Advancing still farther from the machine-gun nest, he captured a 7.5 centimeter mountain howitzer and, entering a dugout in the immediate vicinity, singlehandedly captured 19 of the enemy.
Medal of Honor Recipient Earl D. Gregory
Additional Details
Accredited to: Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Virginia
Awarded Posthumously: No
Born: October 18, 1897, Chase City, Mecklenburg County, VA, United States
Died: January 6, 1972, Birmingham, AL, United States
Buried: Tuscaloosa Memorial Park (MH) (18-60), Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
Location of Medal:
Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA