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 Irvin B. Horn (ASN: 914865), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 7th Engineers, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Cunel, France, 14 October 1918. Private Horn boldly entered a hostile dug-out by himself, knowing that it was occupied by the enemy, and, when he was confronted by a German major and his orderly, killed the major and captured the orderly.