Foster, George Hilton (Deceased)
Private first class, 105353, Company A, Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Division.
Silver Star. General Orders No. 1, Headquarters 1st Division, January 1, 1920: The Division Commander cites the following officers and soldiers for gallantry in action and especially meritorious services: .......George H. Foster, private, Company A, 2d Machine Gun Battalion .......By command of Major General Summerall: Stephen O. Fuqua, Colonel, General Staff, Chief of Staff. Official: R.E. Fraile, Lieutenant Colonel, A.G.D., Division Adjutant.
Record. Born November 7, 1901, Yorktown; son of John W. and Ida Bell (Deam) Foster. Student, Fairmount. Enlisted May 7, 1917, Fort Thomas, KY. Assigned to Company D, 38th Infantry; transferred to Company A, Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Division. Private first class, November 1, 1917; private, December 19, 1917. Overseas November 22, 1917. Battles: Ansauville, Cantigy. Killed in action June 7, 1918, Cantigny. Burial place unknown.