PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:                18 February 1999              
	DOCKET NUMBER:       AC98-12026
                                                  AR1998013455

	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. Beverly A. Young		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Thomas N. Kuhn		Chairperson	
	Mr. John P. Infante		Member	
	Mr. James P. Steuve		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 correction of his records to show all the awards to which he is entitled for his participation in the Grenada Invasion.

3.  The applicant states that he was informed that additional awards had been allowed for his unit and himself.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Army on 25 July 1978, completed training as a materiel control and accounting specialist and was assigned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina.  He was honorably discharged in the grade of E-4 on 26 March 1984.

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) does not show any awards authorized for service in Grenada.

6.  The applicant’s personnel records contain a certificate of service which shows that he was deployed with the 82d Airborne Division to Grenada during the period 24 October 1983 to 2 November 1983.

7.  Army Regulation 600-8-22, provides, in pertinent part, that the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (AFEM) is authorized for participants in military operations within Grenada from 23 October 1983 to 21 November 1983.  An individual must have  participated in non-unit direct support of operations for 6 consecutive days or 12 non-consecutive days in Grenada.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Evidence of record shows that the applicant served in Grenada during the period 24 October 1983 to 2 November 1983.  Therefore, he is entitled to award of the AFEM based on his period of qualifying service in Grenada.  

2.  There is no evidence of record, and the applicant has not provided any evidence which supports his contention that he is entitled to any additional awards for his service in Grenada.

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 the individual concerned was awarded the AFEM.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

TNK_____  JPI_____  JPS_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		     Thomas N. Kuhn ___
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AC98-12026/AR1998013455	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990218	
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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