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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Regiment:

    7th Engineer Regiment

    Division:

    5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 14, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 44 (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 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.