The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private First Class Kenneth P. Durham (MCSN: 1175109), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving with Company D, Second Battalion, Seventh Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 15 June 1952. Volunteering to move forward and aid a Marine rifle squad which had been pinned down by enemy mortar, machine gun and small arms fire, Private First Class Durham advanced through intense hostile fire to reach the casualties and courageously crawled back for a distance of two hundred yards with a seriously wounded man on his back, stopping several times to administer first aid to his comrade and, in so doing, exposing himself to more hostile fire. Though physically exhausted, he carried the casualty steadily for over two hours and, upon reaching a defiladed position, placed the wounded man on a stretcher and helped carry him the remaining one thousand yards to an ambulance. By his outstanding courage, initiative and unyielding devotion to duty, Private First Class Durham served to inspire all who observed him and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.