PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:         9 December 1998  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-07417
	                                    AR1998012243

	I certify that hereinafter is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual.  

	Mr. Loren G. Harrell		Director	
	Mr. Kenneth Aucock		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. June Hajjar		Chairperson	
	Mr. Fred N. Eichorn		Member	
	Mr. Thomas B. Redfern, III		Member	

	The applicant and counsel if any, did not appear before the Board.

	The Board considered the following evidence:

	Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records
	Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including advisory opinion, 
	if any)

FINDINGS:

1.  The applicant has exhausted or the Board has waived the requirement for exhaustion of all administrative remedies afforded by existing law or regulations.

2.  The applicant requests that the information in his official military personnel file be amended to delete an erroneous order, and to add documents to his OMPF. 

3.  The applicant states that an erroneous permanent order 146-2, dated 26 May 1995, awarding him the Good Conduct Medal (2nd award) should be removed from his OMPF, and that a copy of a certificate of training (German Headstart), and a copy of certificate of EOD Assistant training be added to his file.  He also requests that a copy of his new college transcript be added and the old transcript be removed from his OMPF.   

4.  The applicant’s military records show that the Enlisted Records and Evaluation Center at Indianapolis has added the aforementioned three documents from his OMPF, and has recommended that the permanent order 146-2, 26 May 1995, awarding him the Good Conduct Medal (2nd award), be removed.  The copy of the old college transcript that the applicant requested to be removed, however, has not been removed. 

5.  The applicant was awarded the Good Conduct Medal on 24 April 1989, and received the 2nd award of that medal for the period 24 April 1989 to 23 April 1992. On 26 May 1995 Headquarters, Fort McCoy published permanent order 146-2 awarding him the 2nd award of the Good Conduct Medal for the period               19 April 1992 to 18 April 1995.  That order was obviously erroneous, and a corrected copy was issued awarding him the 3d award of the Good Conduct Medal for the period 24 April 1992 to 23 April 1995.

6.  The information contained in the old college transcript is incorporated in the copy of the new transcript that has been added to his OMPF.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Headquarters, Fort McCoy permanent order 146-2 awarding the applicant the 2nd award of the Good Conduct Medal for the period 19 April 1992 to 18 April 1995 should be removed from the applicant’s OMPF.

2.  The copy of the applicant’s old college transcript, dated in pen 9 April 1997, which shows completion only of BUSINESS LAW I and INDIVID/SOCIETY in the Spring of 1993-94, and ETHICS in the spring of 1995-96, should be removed from his OMPF.

3.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by removing from the applicant’s OMPF, Headquarters, Fort McCoy permanent order 146-2 awarding him the 2nd award of the Good Conduct Medal for the period 19 April 1992 to 18 April 1995; and the copy of the applicant’s old college transcript, dated in pen 9 April 1997, which shows completion only of BUSINESS LAW I and INDIVID/SOCIETY in the Spring of 1993-94, and ETHICS in the spring of 1995-96.  

BOARD VOTE:  

__jh____  __fne___  ___tbr__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

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DATE BOARDED	YYYYMMDD	
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BOARD DECISION	(NC, GRANT , DENY, GRANT PLUS)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
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