Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Regiment:

    11th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    November 5, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 37 (1919)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Private Daniel Erb (ASN: 735179), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near the village of Dun-sur-Meuse, France, 5 November 1918. Having become separated from the remainder of his company, Private Erb discovered and captured single-handed a hostile machine-gun crew. Taking his prisoners to a dugout near by, he found 48 more Germans, whom he also disarmed.