In Memory OfLCpl Kane M. Funke

LCpl Kane M. Funke, 20, U.S.M.C., born in Montana July 12, 1984, was killed in action on August 13, 2004. Funke served as a Machine Gunner with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division and deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. While conducting an important Security & Stability mission in the heart of the violent Sunni Triangle in Al Anbar Province, a roadside bomb was detonated as his Humvee drove past. Funke was mortally wounded in the blast. For his service, he earned a Purple Heart. Semper Fi, Marine! Til Valhalla, Brother!