Kenneth L. Bartholomew

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Kenneth L. Bartholomew, Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United Nations while serving as a squad leader with the First Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in the vicinity of Yang-gu, Korea, on 6 June 1951. Corporal Bartholomew was participating in an attack on a strategic, thickly-wooded ridge tenaciously defended by a fanatical enemy force that was well-entrenched in numerous log bunkers, when his squad was pinned down by devastating automatic weapons and small arms fire. Unmindful of his safety, Corporal Bartholomew made a lone-man charge against the enemy emplacements and, dashing across the open, fire-swept terrain he moved from one pillbox to another, neutralizing them with grenades and personally killing six hostile troops defending the ground. Then, he quickly reorganized his squad Corporal Bartholomew led it in a daring sweep up the ridge, overrunning the enemy position and seizing the objective.
General Headquarters Far East Command: General Orders No. 207 (August 13, 1951)