Puerto
Rico's 
65th INFANTRY REGIMENT
SILVER STAR
HEADQUARTERS 3D INFANTRY DIVISION
GENERAL ORDERS # 245 - 3 July 1951
CAPTAIN EDWARD A. KONEK, 01304913, Infantry, Company
"K", 65th Infantry,
Source: Record Group 338: General Orders
3rd
Infantry Division, Boxes 129 to 131 -National Archives and Records Administration, College
Park, Maryland.
3d Infantry Division, United States Army. During the
early morning hours on
27 April 1951 in the vicinity of Uijongbu, Korea,
Company "K" was attacked and
eventually outflanked by a numerically superior enemy
force. Calmly organiz-
ing his unit, Captain KONEK directed an orderly withdrawal
to the adjacent
"B" Company defensive perimeter, where he supervised
the consolidation of
positions before taking cover himself. Under the cover
of darkness, the enemy
succeeded in surrounding the friendly force, and subjected
it to intense fire.
Near dawn, approximately three hundred enemy reinforcements
were observed ap-
proaching the unit's positions. Immediately deploying
one platoon in a flank-
ing movement, Captain KONEK led the remainder of his
men in a mass bayonet
assault, driving a wedge through the enemy encirclement
and enabling the be-
leagured troops to begin a withdrawal. Although the
enemy poured continual
fire into the withdrawing companies from positions
on a commanding ridge,
Captain KONEK'S courageously remained in a completely
exposed area, success-
fully directing his troops to safety with a minimum
of casualties. Captain
KONEK'S gallantry and aggressive leadership reflect
great credit upon himself
and the military service. Entered the military service
from the State of
Maryland.