Boiling Springs High School

World War I

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ROLL OF HONOR

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Medal of Honor

SGT. GARY EVANS FOSTER, U. S. ARMY

Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company F, 118th Infantry, 30th Division. Place and date: Near Montbrehain, France, 8 October 1918. Entered service at: Inman, S.C. Birth: Spartanburg, S.C. G.O. No.: 16, W.D., 1919. Citation: 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 hand grenades and his pistol killed several of the enemy and captured 18.

Sgt. Foster was a member of Boiling Springs First Baptist Church and is buried at New Prospect Baptist Church.

We know that this is not all of the Veterans from Boiling Springs High School that served in World War I.  These are the men that are buried in the cemetery of the Boiling Springs First Baptist Church.  Credit for this research is gratefully given to Mrs. Wallace Henderson. 

Families of Veterans who served in World War I from Boiling Springs are asked to contact the school at 864-578-8465 to list their loved ones.

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