PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      

	BOARD DATE:            20 May 1999                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1998-12959

	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. Gale Thomas		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Ernest M. Willcher		Chairperson	
	Mr. Hubert O. Fry, Jr.		Member	
	Ms. Margaret V. Thompson		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, in effect, that his records be corrected to show he was awarded the Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Medal.

3.  The applicant states that the Civil Actions Medal awarded to him while stationed in Vietnam with the 29th Civil Affairs Unit, XXIV Artillery, is not in his records.  

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was stationed in Vietnam from 17 May 1971 to 14 December 1971.

5.  On 8 December 1971, he was awarded the Civil Actions Medal, by the Republic of Vietnam.

6.  Army Regulation 600-8-2 (Military Awards) provides that the Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Medal Unit Citation is awarded to individuals by the Vietnamese government for meritorious service, however, this is a foreign award and as such is not issued by the Department of the Army, but may be purchased from civilian dealers in military insignia.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Evidence confirms that the applicant was awarded the Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Medal on 8 December 1971.  

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 applicant was awarded the Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Medal Unit Citation on 8 December 1971.

BOARD VOTE:  

___emw__  __hof__  ___mvt__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1998012959	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990520	
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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