(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Corporal Kenneth Ray Nylander (ASN: RA-16279308), United States Army, was awarded the Silver Star (Posthumously) for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy as a member of Company E, 2d Battalion, 5th Regimental Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, in Korea on 16 September 1950.