The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Major (Coast Artillery Corps), [then Captain] Kenneth L. Boullion (ASN: 0-1284089), United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with the Battery B, 82d Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (Self Propelled), 2d Infantry Division, in action in the vicinity of Changniyong, Korea, on 2 September 1950. On that date, Major Boullion was an Artillery Liaison Officer attached to a rifle battalion. The battalion’s Command Post was subjected to heavy enemy mortar and small arms fire directed from a ridge to its immediate front. During this intense concentration of hostile fire he took command of an anti-aircraft firing vehicle and directed its crew into a position from where it could return the enemy fire. Constantly exposing himself to withering enemy fire, he was able to direct such devastating fire upon the enemy-held ridge that approximately 30 enemy soldiers were killed and the remainder routed. His heroic and quick-thinking action undoubtedly prevented many casualties to the personnel of the Command Post. The gallantry displayed by Major Boullion on this occasion was in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflects great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.