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Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private First Class

    Regiment:

    354th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    89th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 31, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 20 (January 30, 1919)

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private First Class Jesse N. Funk (ASN: 2187583), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 31 October 1918, while serving with Company L, 354th Infantry, 89th Division, in action at Bois-de-Bantheville, France. Learning that two daylight patrols had been caught out in No Man’s Land and were unable to return, Private First Class Funk and another stretcher bearer, upon their own initiative, made two trips 500 yards beyond our lines, under constant machinegun fire, and rescued two wounded officers.