PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:                13 January 1999
	DOCKET NUMBER:       AC98-11766
				       AR1998013567

	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. Hubert S. Shaw, Jr.		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Thomas N. Kuhn		Chairperson	
	Mr. Walter T. Morrison		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 correction of her records to show awards for service during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, the Driver Badge, the Foreign Deployment Service Ribbon, the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the Emergency Service Ribbon, and the Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon. 

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that she is entitled to these awards.  She provided copies of orders for several of the awards.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that she entered active duty on 5 January 1988.  She completed training as a medical specialist and served until she was honorably discharged from active duty on 16 June 1991.  She served in the Army National Guard from 17 June 1991 until her honorable discharge on 9 July 1995.

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) shows that she served in Southwest Asia from 4 October 1990 to 13 April 1991, but does not show any of the awards authorized for award based on service in Southwest Asia.  A memorandum, dated 24 March 1992, states that the applicant was issued the Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  Her DD Form 214 also does not show the Driver Badge or the Foreign Deployment Service Ribbon, the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the Emergency Service Ribbon, and the Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon as authorized awards. 

6.  The applicant provided a copy of 56th Medical Battalion Permanent Orders
6-6, dated 22 March 1990, which awarded her the Driver Badge. 

7.  Orders provided by the applicant show that the Foreign Deployment Service Ribbon and the Emergency Service Ribbon are Colorado National Guard awards and are governed by State of Colorado regulations.  As such, these awards may be listed on the applicant’s National Guard Bureau Form 22 (Report of Separation and Record of Service), but not may not be listed on her DD Form 214.  Therefore, these awards are not discussed further in this proceeding.

8.  Orders provided by the applicant show that the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (awarded for the period 17 June 1991 to 28 March 1995), the Army Achievement Medal (awarded for achievement occurring on 15 August 1993), and the Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon (awarded for service in Panama from 19 February 1993 to 7 March 1993) were awarded after the applicant’s separation from active duty, but during her Army National Guard Service.  As such these awards cannot be added to her DD Form 214 with a separation date of 16 June 1991.  However, these awards should be shown on her National Guard Bureau Form 22.  A review of that form reveals the Army Achievement Medal and the Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon in question are listed on her National Guard Bureau Form 22.  The applicant may petition the Adjutant General of Colorado for any additional corrections to her National Guard Bureau Form 22.  

9.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides that service in the Persian Gulf War is to be recognized by award of the Southwest Asia Service Medal (SWASM) to Army members who participated in Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm in the designated area on or after 2 August 1990.  A bronze service star is authorized for the Defense of Saudi Arabia (2 August 1990 to 16 January 1991) and the Liberation and Defense of Kuwait (17 January to 11 April 1991), and the Cease-fire Campaign (12 April 1991 to 30 October 1995).

10.  The Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KLM-SA) was approved on 3 January 1992 and is awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who participated in the Persian Gulf War between 17 January 1991 and 28 February 1991.

11.  The Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Government of Kuwait (KLM-K) was approved on 9 November 1995 and is awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who participated in the Persian Gulf War between 2 August 1990 and 31 August 1993.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant served in Southwest Asia for the period 4 October 1990 to 13 April 1991.  Therefore, she is entitled to correction of her DD Form 214 to show the Southwest Asia Service Medal with two bronze service stars, the Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Government of Kuwait.

2.  The applicant was awarded the Driver Badge; therefore, she is entitled to correction of her DD Form 214 to show this badge.

3. In view of the foregoing findings and conclusions, it would be appropriate to correct the applicant’s records, but only 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 Southwest Asia Service Medal with two bronze service stars, the Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Government of Kuwait and the Driver Badge.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

TNK____  WTM____  MVT____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AC98-11766/AR1998013567	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990113	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19910616	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT 	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.00	
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