Clemson actually had 3 MOH recipients in the First World War

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Name: Daniel Augustus Joseph Sullivan, ENS, U.S. Navy
Ship: USS Cristabel
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in
presenting the Medal of Honor to Ensign Daniel Augustus Joseph Sullivan, United States
Navy (Reserve Force), for extraordinary heroism as an officer of the U.S.S. Cristabel in
conflict with an enemy submarine on 21 May 1918. As a result of the explosion of a
depth bomb dropped near the submarine, the Cristabel was so badly shaken that a number
of depth charges which had been set for firing were thrown about the deck and there was
imminent danger that they would explode. Ensign Sullivan immediately fell on the depth
charges and succeeded in securing them, thus saving the ship from disaster, which would
inevitably have caused great loss of life.

Name: Gary Evans Foster, SGT, U.S. Army
Unit: Company F, 118th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, American Expeditionary
Forces
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in
presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Gary Evans Foster (ASN: 1311059), United
States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 8 October 1918, while serving with Company
F, 118th Infantry, 30th Division, in action at Montbrehain, France. When his company
was held up by violent machinegun fire from a sunken road, Sergeant Foster with an
officer went forward to attack the hostile machinegun nests. The officer was wounded,
but Sergeant 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 eighteen.

Name: James Davison Heriot, CPL, U.S. Army
Unit: 118th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pride in
presenting the Medal of Honor (Posthumously) to Corporal James Davidson Heriot
(ASN: 1311750), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 12 October 1918,
while serving with Company I, 118th Infantry, 30th Division, in action at Vaux-Andigny,
France. Corporal Heriot, with four other soldiers, organized a combat group and attacked
an enemy machine-gun nest which had been inflicting heavy casualties on his company.
In the advance two of his men were killed, and because of the heavy fire from all sides
the remaining two sought shelter. Unmindful of the hazard attached to his mission,
Corporal Heriot, with fixed bayonet, alone charged the machinegun, making his way
through the fire for a distance of 30 yards and forcing the enemy to surrender. During this
exploit he received several wounds in the arm, and later in the same day, while charging
another nest, he was killed.

I had never heard about Heriot until this week when I saw his name in an alumni association e-mail. For more on Clemson men in WWI see here: Brock M. Lusk, "Tigers in the Trenches: A Study of Clemson in the Great War," 2015.
http://tigerprints.clemson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3114&context=all_theses

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Clemson actually had 3 MOH recipients in the First World War

Thanks for sharing!

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