Irvin B. Horn

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  • Distinguished Service Cross

    World War I

    U.S. Army

    General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919

    The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Irvin B. Horn, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cunel, France, October 14, 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.

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