PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:  3 March 1999                      
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-12019
                                              AR1998013425

	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. Rosa M. Chandler		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O'Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. Edward Williamson		Member	
	Mr. Gary C. Miller 		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 Official Military File (OMPF) and his DD Form
214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) be corrected to show the time period he served in Grenada.

3.  The applicant states in effect, that he served in Operation Urgent Fury with Company A, 2/325th Infantry, 82d Airborne Division, from 25 October 1983 through the second week of November 1983.  In addition to the foreign service, he would like to have the medals his unit was authorized to be shown on his DD Form 214.

4.  Available military records show he enlisted in the Regular Army on
4 December 1980.  His military occupational specialty (MOS) was 
11B (Infantryman).  He was honorably separated and transferred to the United States Army Reserve (USAR), St Louis, Missouri on 2 December 1983.

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 does not show he had any service in Grenada. 

6.  The applicant’s unit served in Grenada from 25 October through 4 November 1983.  Information available also shows that the applicant received field service rations pay from 25 October through 4 November 1983.

7.  The applicant is authorized award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal under the provisions of Army Regulation 600-8-22.  The AFEM is awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who participated in Operation Urgent Fury between 23 October and 21 November 1983.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Evidence of record shows that the applicant served in Grenada (Operation Urgent Fury) from 25 October through 4 November 1983.  Therefore, he is entitled to have his records corrected to show this service and award of the AFEM.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing:  

      a.  That the individual concerned served in Grenada from 25OCT83-4NOV83.

      b.  That the individual concerned was awarded the AFEM.

2.  That the individual concerned be issued a DD Form 215 (Correction to DD Form 214), reflecting the aforementioned corrections.  

BOARD VOTE:

RVO___  EW_____  GCM____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

_______  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

_______  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AC98-1201	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990303	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(UD)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19831202	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 635-200 , Chapter 4	
DISCHARGE REASON	Expiration Term of Service	
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	Request DD Form 214 be corrected to show time served in Grenada and awards that his unit was authorized.	
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.