PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:        25 November 1998      
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-11767

	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. James E. Vick		Chairperson	
	Mr. John N. Slone		Member	
	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		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 military records be corrected to reflect award of the Purple Heart.  He states, in effect, that he received the award but it was omitted from his separation document.

3.  Records indicate he entered active duty on 11 June 1965 and reenlisted on 28 June 1967.  He was assigned to Vietnam as a medical specialist in December 1967.  On 17 February 1968 he was wounded as a result of hostile action and awarded the Purple Heart.  Orders confirming the award were published on 
11 March 1968 by the Army Hospital at Fort Devens, Massachusetts.

4.  The applicant was released from active duty on 4 July 1970 and his award of the Purple Heart was omitted from his separation document.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant was awarded a Purple Heart which was omitted from his separation document.

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 for wounds sustained on 17 February 1968 while in Vietnam.

BOARD VOTE:  

__jev___  __jns___  _rvo____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON