Private First Class Bouldin was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. On 10 April 1952, a grenade exploded prematurely, while he was disarming a booby trap on the "Kansas Line" in Korea.

Bouldin was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Good Conduct Medal, the Korean Service Medal with 2 Bronze Service Stars, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.