Jesse N. Funk

Corporal Jesse Nathaniel Funk (August 20, 1888 – March 21, 1933) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in World War I. He earned the medal while serving as a stretcher bearer during the Meuse–Argonne offensive, when he and another soldier, Charles D. Barger, entered no man's land despite heavy fire and rescued two wounded officers.

Biography General John J. Pershing presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal Jesse N. Funk of Company L, 354th Infantry, 89th Division, outside Pershing's headquarters at Chaumont, France, February 1919.

Born in New Hampton, Missouri, Funk later moved to Calhan, Colorado, where he worked as a rancher. He married and had one son before entering the Army in 1915.

Upon hearing this, Funk and another stretcher bearer, Private First Class Charles D. Barger, voluntarily ran through heavy machine gun fire with their stretcher and rescued Millis.

Funk reached the rank of corporal before leaving the Army in 1920. He died at age 44 following unsuccessful surgery for appendicitis.

Medal of Honor Citation Medal of Honor Presentation Ceremony - February 9, 1919, at Chaumont, France. General John J. Pershing presided. Funk's official Medal of Honor citation reads: 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.

Military awards Funk's military decorations and awards include:(more research needed)

1st row Medal of Honor