Louis Joseph Kirn
Born: June 8, 1908 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Home Town: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Navy Cross
World War II
U.S. Navy
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Louis Joseph Kirn, Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy, for extraordinary heroism in operations against the enemy while serving as Pilot of a carrier-based Navy Scouting Plane and Commanding Officer of Scouting Squadron THREE (VS-3), embarked from the U.S.S. SARATOGA (CV-3), in action against the enemy from 13 September 1942 to 5 October 1942, over Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.