Medal of Honor Recipients

Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company L, 354th Infantry, 89th Division. 
Place and date: Near Bois-deBantheville, France, 31 October 1918. 
Entered service at. Calhan, Colo. 
Born: 20 August 1888, New Hampton, Mo.
G.O. No.: 20, W.D., 1919. 
Citation: 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.