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.