PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:       10 November 1998      
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-11500

	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	
	Ms. Deborah L. Brantley		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Calvin M. Fowler		Chairperson	
	Ms. Irene N. Wheelwright		Member	
	Ms. Margaret K. Patterson		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 his records be corrected to reflect award of the Purple Heart and a Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with bronze star.

3.  Records indicate he entered active duty on 5 December 1967 and was assigned to Vietnam in August 1968.  On 15 January 1969 he sustained fragment wounds to his leg.  Orders confirming award of the Purple Heart were published on 17 January 1969 by the 71st Evacuation Hospital.  On 25 February 1969 Headquarters United States Army Vietnam confirmed that the individual was authorized to accept and wear the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with bronze star, a foreign decoration.

4.  On 5 September 1969 he was released from active duty.  His award of the Purple Heart and Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Bronze Star were omitted from his separation document.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant was awarded a Purple Heart and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with bronze star.  Both awards were confirmed in official documents but omitted from his separation report.

2.  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 showing that the individual concerned was awarded the Purple Heart and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with bronze star.

BOARD VOTE:  

__CMF__  __INW__  ___MKP__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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