- Southern Cross of Honor, 1917-1918 pattern (United Daughters of the Confederacy) Veterans of Foreign Wars Membership Insignia (VFW) Medal of Honor Citation General Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 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. 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. /S/ WOODROW WILSON" The Gregory Guard The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets precision military marching unit, The Gregory Guard, was named in honor of Sgt Gregory in May 1963. See also List of Medal of Honor recipients List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War I References External links 1897 births 1972 deaths Military personnel from Virginia United States Army personnel of World War I United States Army Medal of Honor recipients Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France) Recipients of the Legion of Honour Virginia Tech alumni United States Army soldiers People from Powhatan County, Virginia World War I recipients of the Medal of Honor People from Chase City, Virginia