PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:                 7 October 1998
	DOCKET NUMBER:        AC98-06871

	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. Samuel A. Crumpler		Chairperson	
	Mr. James E. Vick		Member	
	Mr. Luther L. Santiful		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 the medals to which he is entitled based on his service in Southwest Asia in support of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

3.  The applicant states that he served in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm from September 1990 to March 1991, but he never received any medals for that service.

4.  The applicant’s military records show he entered active duty in June 1987 and served as a Patriot Missile Crewmember.  He was honorably discharged on 29 June 1991.

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) does not show the Southwest Asia Service Medal (SWASM), the Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or the Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Government of Kuwait as authorized awards.

6.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 shows in item 18 (Remarks) that he served in Southwest Asia from 17 September 1990 to 21 March 1991.

7.  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).

8.  The Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 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.

9.  The Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Government of Kuwait 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 from 17 September 1990 to 21 March 1991.

2.  Based on his service in Southwest Asia, the applicant is entitled to award of the SWASM 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.  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show these awards.

3.  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 the individual concerned was awarded the SWASM with 2 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. 

BOARD VOTE:  

SAC____  JEV_____  LLS_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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