APPLICANT REQUESTS:  Award of the American Campaign Medal (ACM).  

APPLICANT STATES:  He believes the ACM should not have been deleted from his report of separation.  He believes now that either his continental service of  11 months and 21 days was either aggregated with his theater service or the      9 days needed continental service was waivered.

EVIDENCE OF RECORD:  The applicant’s military records show:

He was inducted into the Army on 7 July 1943 and entered active service on    28 July 1943.  He arrived in Alaska on 22 July 1944 and returned to the continental U.S on 15 February 1946.  He was separated on 20 February 1946.  He had been awarded the Army Good Conduct Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon (campaign medal) and the World War II Victory Ribbon (medal).

Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides that the American Campaign Medal is awarded for service of an aggregate period of 1 year within the American Theater between 7 December 1941 and 2 March 1946.  The western boundary of the American Theater ran south along the east boundary of Alaska, thence south and southeast along the Alaskan boundary to the Pacific Ocean.  The eastern boundary of the Asiatic-Pacific Theater was coincident with the western boundary of the American Theater.

DISCUSSION:  Considering all the evidence, allegations, and information presented by the applicant,  together with the evidence of record, applicable law and regulations, it is concluded:

1.  While the applicant notes that the personnel who issued the ACM should have been competent in knowledge of the award criteria, mistakes are made.  One other corrected mistake on his report of separation was the deletion of the American Defense Service Medal (to which the applicant was not eligible since he did not have service between 8 September 1939 and 7 December 1941).

2.  The American Theater Ribbon, (the ACM), was correctly deleted because he was instead eligible for, and awarded, the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon.

3.  In view of the foregoing, there appears to be no basis for granting the applicant’s request.

DETERMINATION:  The applicant as failed to submit sufficient relevant evidence to demonstrate the existence of probable error or injustice.
BOARD VOTE:

                       GRANT 

                       GRANT FORMAL HEARING

                       DENY APPLICATION

                          Loren G. Harrell
     Director