PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            11 March 1999                 
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1998012403

	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. Lee Cates		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Celia L. Adolphi 		Chairperson	
	Mr. Van B. Cunningham		Member	
	Mr. Curtis L. Greenway		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 his records be corrected to show award of the Purple Heart and the Combat Infantryman Badge.

3.  The applicant states the personnel clerk ran out of space on the DD Form 214 and did not put these awards on it.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that the applicant enlisted on               27 October 1967.  He served in Vietnam from 7 May 1968 to 6 May 1969 in military occupational specialty 11B (Light Weapons Infantryman).  He was separated on 10 November 1970, after completing 3 years of creditable service and 15 days of lost time.

5.  There is no evidence in the applicant’s personnel records which shows he was entitled to or awarded the Purple Heart.  However, the Board notes the applicant is entitled to award of the Combat Infantryman Badge.

6.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) provides, in pertinent part, that the Purple Heart is awarded for a wound sustained as a result of hostile action.  Substantiating evidence must be provided to verify that the wound was the result of hostile action, the wound must have required treatment, and the medical treatment must have been made a matter of official record.

7.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards), indicates, in pertinent part, that the Combat Infantryman Badge is awarded to infantry officers and to enlisted and warrant officer persons who have an infantry military occupational specialty. They must have served in active ground combat while assigned or attached to an infantry unit or brigade, regimental or smaller size.  The Awards Branch of the Total Army Personnel Command has advised, in similar cases, that during the Vietnam era the Combat Infantryman Badge was awarded only to enlisted individuals who held and served in MOS 11B, 11C, 11F, 11G, or 11H.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  There is no evidence the applicant was entitled to or awarded the Purple Heart.

2.  Evidence of record shows his entitlement to award of the Combat Infantryman Badge. 

3.  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 award of the Combat Infantryman Badge for his service in Vietnam.

2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied 

BOARD VOTE:  

CLA____  VBC____  CLG_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Celia L. Adolphi
		CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1998012403	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990311	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19701110	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 635-200, ch 4	
DISCHARGE REASON	ETS	
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.107	PH and CIB	
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