Earle Davis Gregory

Earle Davis Gregory (October 18, 1897 – January 6, 1972) was an American soldier and World War I Medal of Honor recipient for his heroic actions in 1918 during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in France.

On October 8, 1918, Sgt Earl D. Gregory at Bois-de-Consenvoye, north of Verdun, France, seized a rifle and trench-mortar shell, which he used as a hand grenade.

Major General Omar Bundy presented Gregory his medal in a ceremony at Camp Lee, Virginia on April 29, 1919.

He was also invested as a Chevalier (Knight) of the French Legion of Honor, and was also awarded the Médaille militaire, Croix de guerre and the Montenegrin Order of Merit for his actions during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.

34 (March 7, 1919) "The President of the United States in the name of The Congress takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to for service as set forth in the following CITATION: For extraordinary heroism on 8 October 1918, while serving with Headquarters Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, in action at Bois-de-Consenvoye, France.

Gregory's name on the Virginia Tech's MOH Cenotaph.
A stretch of highway in Chase City which bears Gregory's name