Career
Horner joined the Army from Shamokin, Pennsylvania in January 1941, and by November 16, 1944 was serving as a Staff Sergeant in Company K, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division. On that day, in Würselen, Germany, he single-handedly attacked three German machine gun positions and killed or captured the soldiers manning them. Horner reached the commissioned officer rank of major and served in the Korean War before leaving the Army.
He died at age 83 in Columbus, Georgia.
A section of United States. Route 27 in Cataula, Georgia as well as Georgia Route 219 in Columbus, Georgia, was named for him. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia.
Realizing that the machineguns must be eliminated in order to permit the company to advance from its precarious position, By his extraordinary courage.