(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Private First Class Kenneth G. Hughes, United States Army, was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force while serving as a Medical Aidman with Company A, 3d Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, in action against the enemy on 3 March 1969, in the Republic of Vietnam. On that date, Private Hughes and his unit were overrun by the Viet Cong on a mountainside in the Plei Trap Valley near the borders of Cambodia and Laos. Private Hughes ran into the firefight to attend the wounded and was shot in the arm while attempting to treat an injured soldier. A comrade tried to help him finish the bandage but both were hit with a volley of AK-47 fire, wounding Hughes a second time. As the only medic available, despite the intense pain of his wounds Hughes refused morphine in order to advise others on how to treat the wounded. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.