PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           21 January 1999                                      
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-11283/AR1998013497

	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. Robert J. McGowan		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Karen J. Newsome 		Chairperson	
	Mr. Fred N. Eichorn 		Member	
	Mr. John P. Infante 		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 records be corrected to show that he earned the European-African-Middle Eastern (EAME) Campaign Medal, and that his Bronze Star Medal citation for meritorious service be inscribed for European service, not Pacific service.

3.  The applicant states he served in the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater of Operations, but the Army has credited him with service in the Asia-Pacific Theater of Operations.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted into the Army of the United States on 21 July 1944 and honorably discharged on 31 January 1946.  He served in the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater of Operations and should have received the EAME Campaign Medal with three bronze service stars (Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe, and Rhineland Campaigns).  A DA Form 1577, Authorization for Issuance of Awards, provided to the applicant by the Army Reserve Personnel Center (ARPERCEN), St. Louis, Missouri, on 14 March 1994, authorized the Asia-Pacific Campaign Medal by mistake.

5.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, that the EAME Campaign Medal is awarded for service within the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater of Operations between 7 December 1941 and 8 November 1945.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant served in the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater of Operations during World War II.  He earned the EAME Campaign Medal with three bronze service stars.  He also received a Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service; that award citation should be inscribed for European service, not Pacific service.

2.  A 1994 ARPERCEN inventory of the applicant’s awards erroneously credited him with the Asia-Pacific Campaign Medal.

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 awarding to the individual concerned the EAME Campaign Medal and the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater of Operations.

2.  That the individual concerned be issued an EAME Campaign Medal with three bronze service stars and a Bronze Star Medal citation for meritorious service in the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater of Operations. 

BOARD VOTE:  

___KJN _  __FNE __  __JPI ___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1998013497	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990121	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(NC, GRANT , DENY, GRANT PLUS)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.0014	
2.	107.0065	
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.