PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:           10 November 1998                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-06700

	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. Wanda L. Waller		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Calvin M. Fowler		Chairperson	
	Ms. Irene E. Wheelwright 		Member	
	Ms. Margaret K. Patterson 		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 military records to show award of the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal with five Oak Leaf Clusters, the Southwest Asia Service Medal (SWASM) with two bronze service stars, the Good Conduct Medal, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal (AFRM) with Hourglass (correctly known as the Ten-year device), the Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm (correctly known as the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm Unit Citation), the Overseas Training Ribbon with Numeral 4 (correctly known as the Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon) and the Kuwait Liberation Medal
(KLM-K). 

3.  The applicant states he wants to get his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) updated before he retires. 

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he entered active duty on
1 December 1970 and served in Vietnam from June 1971 to April 1972.  He was separated from active duty in the grade of E-4 with an honorable discharge on 14 December 1973 and transferred to the Army Reserve.  He was recalled to active duty from the Army Reserve on 4 February 1991 and served in Southwest Asia from 7 March 1991 to 11 September 1991.  He was honorably discharged in the grade of E-7 on 12 October 1991 and returned to the Army Reserve.  The applicant was involuntarily reassigned to the Individual Ready Reserve for Failure to Maintain Army Body Fat Standards on 21 July 1995.    

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 with a separation date of 12 October 1991 does not show the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal with five Oak Leaf Clusters, the SWASM with two bronze service stars, the Good Conduct Medal, the AFRM with Ten-year Device, the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm Unit Citation, the Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon with Numeral 4 or the KLM-K as authorized awards.  The DD Form 214 does show the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, the AFRM, and the Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon with Numeral 3.  

6.  A DD Form 215 (Correction to DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from active Duty) was issued on 13 May 1992 amending his DD Form 214 with a separation date of 12 October 1991 to show award of the SWASM with two bronze service stars.   

7.  Item 9 (Awards, Decorations & Campaigns) of the applicant’s DA Form 2-1 (Personnel Qualification Record) shows four awards of the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal. 

8.  There is no evidence in the applicant’s personnel record that he was recommended for or awarded the first award of the Good Conduct Medal.  Item 27 (Remarks) of the applicant’s DD Form 214 with a separation date of
14 December 1973 shows “TOTAL OF 15 DAYS LOST UNDER TITLE 10 U.S.C. 972 FROM 1 FEB 73 TO 15 FEB 73”.

9.  Records show the applicant was awarded the AFRM for the period of
1 January 1975 through 1 January 1985.

10.  The applicant’s personnel records do not show his unit of assignment while in Vietnam.

11. The applicant’s DA Form 2-1 shows he served three overseas service tours (Germany 18 April 1981 - 2 May 1981; Germany 1 June 1985 - 22 June 1985; and Honduras 19 February 1988 - 6 March 1988) for annual training.

12.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 shows “SERVICE IN SWA 7 MAR 1991 TO 
11 SEP 1991”.

13.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) provides, in pertinent part, that the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal is authorized for award to Army personnel including Active Guard Reserve officers in the rank of colonel and below for exemplary behavior, efficiency, and fidelity while serving as a member of an Army National Guard or Army Reserve troop program unit or as an individual mobilization augmentee.  Since 3 March 1972 the medal has been authorized on completion of 4 years service with a Reserve Component unit.  Individual must have completed 4 years of qualifying service on or after 3 March 1972 and before the effective date of this regulation (28 March 1995).  Beginning on the effective date of this regulation, the period of qualifying service for award of the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal is reduced from 4 to 3 years.  This change is not retroactive.  Such years of qualifying service must have been consecutive.  A period of more than 24 hours between Reserve enlistments or officer’s service will be considered a break in service.  Credit toward earning the award must begin anew after a break in service.  The bronze oak leaf cluster is awarded to denote the second and succeeding awards of a certain decorations, among which is the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal.

14.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides that the Good Conduct Medal is awarded to individuals who distinguish themselves by their conduct, efficiency and fidelity during a qualifying period of active duty enlisted service.  This period is 3 years except in those cases when the period for the first award ends with the termination of a period of Federal military service.  Although there is no automatic entitlement to the Good Conduct Medal, disqualification must be justified. 

15.  Army Regulation 600-8-22, in pertinent part, provides for award of the Armed Forces Reserve Medal (AFRM). It is awarded for honorable and satisfactory service as a member of one or more of the Reserve Components of the Armed Forces of the United States for a period of 10 years.  The conditions for award of the AFRM include requirements for such service to be completed within 12 consecutive years and service in a regular component of the Armed Forces, tenure in elected state office, tenure as a member of a legislative body of the United States or a state, and service as a judge of a court of record of the United States, a state or territory or District of Columbia is excluded from credit to ward this award but does not constitute a break in service.  The Ten-year Device (bronze hourglass with roman numeral “X”) is authorized for wear on the AFRM to denote each succeeding 10-year period of Reserve Component service.  The first 10 years is denoted by a bronze hourglass, the second 10 year period of Reserve Component service is denoted by a silver hourglass and the third by a gold hourglass.  Forty years of Reserve Component service is recognized by a gold hourglass followed by a bronze hourglass on the AFRM.

16.  The Army Pamphlet 672-3 (Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register) was published to assist commanders and personnel officers in determining or establishing the eligibility of individual members for campaign participation credit, assault landing credit, and unit citation badges awarded during the Vietnam Conflict, the Grenada Operation, and the period of service subsequent to the Vietnam Conflict up to September 1987.  It contains a register of unit citations and campaign participation credits which are listed by Army units in alphabetical and numerical order.   
  
17.  Arabic numerals are issued instead of a medal or ribbon for second and succeeding awards of the Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon.  The ribbon denotes the first award and numerals starting with the numeral 2 denote the number of additional awards.

18.  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.

19.  Army Regulation 635-5 provides that item 13 of the DD Form 214 will reflect decorations, medals, badges, citations and campaign ribbons awarded or authorized for all periods of service.  Certificates of Achievement, Letters of Appreciation, and similar documents are not recorded on the DD Form 214.
CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Evidence of record shows the applicant received four awards of the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal.  His DD Form 214 with a separation date of 12 October 1991 correctly shows the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters.  Therefore, the applicant is not entitled to correction of this entry.

2.  There is no evidence of record available to the Board which shows the applicant was recommended for or awarded the first award of the Good Conduct Medal.  His record shows lost time which may be a disqualifying factor for award of the Good Conduct Medal.  Therefore, he is not entitled to award of the Good Conduct Medal.   

3.   The applicant was awarded the Armed Forces Reserve Medal for the period of 1 January 1975 through 1 January 1985.  He completed his second 10 year period of Reserve Components service on 11 September 1995.  Eligibility for the AFRM with second hourglass occurred after the separation date of his DD Form 214.  Therefore, he is not entitled to have this award shown on the DD Form 214 with a separation date of 12 October 1991. 

4.  There is no evidence available to the Board which shows his unit of assignment while serving in Vietnam.  Therefore, the Board is unable to determine eligibility for award of the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm Unit Citation.

5.  Evidence of record shows the applicant completed three overseas service tours for annual training.  His DD Form 214 with a separation date of 12 October 1991 correctly shows the Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon with Numeral 3.  Therefore, the record is correct as currently constituted and the applicant is not entitled to correction of this entry.

6.  The applicant served in Southwest Asia from 7 March 1991 to 11 September 1991; therefore, he is entitled to correction of his DD Form 214 to show award of the KLM-K.

7.  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 that the individual concerned was awarded the KLM-K. 
2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied. 

BOARD VOTE:  

CMF___  IEW______  MKP____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON