PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:                              
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1998007830

	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. W. E. Schnupp		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Ms. Kathleen A. Newman		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 Purple Heart be reflected on his DD Form 214, Report of Transfer or Discharge.

3.  The applicant states that his DD Form 214 does not show the Purple Heart. In support of his request, he has provided a copy of his DD Form 214 and a copy of his Purple Heart Certificate.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that in response to his request to the then US Army Reserve Personnel Center, he was awarded the Purple Heart on  1 June 1990 for wounds received in action in Vietnam on 26 February 1968.

5.  For reasons unknown a correction to his DD Form 214 reflecting the Purple Heart was not prepared at that time.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Evidence of record shows that the applicant was awarded the Purple Heart on 1 June 1990.

2.  However, no DD Form 215, Correction of DD Form 214, was prepared showing his entitlement to the award.

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 issuing to the individual concerned a DD Form 215 showing that he was awarded the Purple Heart.

BOARD VOTE:  

_rvo____  _kan ____  _tbr_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1998007830	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990603	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  107.00		
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