Frederick Funston - Medal of Honor Citation

Medal of Honor Citation

Rank and organization

Colonel, 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry.

Place and date

At Rio Grande de la Pampanga, Luzon, Philippine Islands, April 27, 1899.

Entered service at

Iola, Kansas.

Birth

New Carlisle, Ohio.

Date of issue

February 14, 1900.

Citation

Crossed the river on a raft and by his skill and daring enabled the general commanding to carry the enemy's entrenched position on the north bank of the river and to drive him with great loss from the important strategic position of Calumpit.