Walter L. Foster
Home Town: Haw River, NC
General Orders No. 21, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Walter L. Foster, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. Acting as a runner, Private Foster carried frequent messages between his platoon leader and company commander, exposed at all times to heavy enemy fire of artillery and machine guns. While performing this meritorious work he was killed by machine-gun fire.
