Medal of Honor
October 31, 1918
near Bois-de-Bantheville, France
- Rank at action
- Private First Class
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- World War I
- Unit or command
- Company L, 354th Infantry, 89th Division
- Presentation date
- December 31, 1919
The Citation
Sources ↓Learning that 2 daylight patrols had been caught out in No Man's Land and were unable to return, Pfc. Funk and another stretcher bearer, upon their own initiative, made 2 trips 500 yards beyond our lines, under constant machinegun fire, and rescued 2 wounded officers.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Jesse N Funk — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000307
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 20
- Entered service at
- Calhan, Colo.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- a2902f09a6df740e257c8e398e52330b927e9d200a1fc8ee3e1aaadd58e84c59
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.