PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:       

	BOARD DATE:            4 August 1999                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR1998013547

	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. Fred K. McCoy		Chairperson	
	Ms. Irene N. Wheelwright		Member	
	Mr. George D. Paxson		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 military records be corrected to show that he was awarded the Purple Heart.

3.  The applicant states that the record does not show that he received the Purple Heart while in the hospital.  He contends that in June or July of 1969 at the 7th Field Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, he received the Purple Heart from the hospital commander.

4.  In support of his request, he has provided a copy of a Purple Heart Certificate showing him as the recipient.

5.  The applicant’s military records show that he served in Vietnam from 9 January 1969 to   8 January 1970.  His Personnel Qualification Record shows, under awards, decorations and campaigns, that he was awarded the Purple Heart.  Further, the record contains a copy of a Western Union Telegram from Department of the Army to his parents, dated 27 June 1969, stating that the applicant had been slightly wounded in action in Vietnam on 23 June 1969.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  In addition to the document provided by the applicant, his records contains substantial evidence, as noted above, verifying that he is entitled to the Purple Heart.

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 individual concerned was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in Vietnam on 23 June 1969.

BOARD VOTE:  

__fkm___  _inw____  _gdp____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_Fred K. McCoy_________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1998013547	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	YYYYMMDD	
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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