PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           19 November 1998                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-08513

	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	
	Mrs. Nancy Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Fred N. Eichorn		Chairperson	
	Mr. Thomas A. Pagan		Member	
	Ms. Barbara J. Ellis		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 the Army of Occupation Medal for Germany be added to his DD Form 214.

3.  The applicant states he served in Germany from February 1955 to September 1956.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted into the Army on 26 October 1954.  He served in Germany from 24 March 1955 until on or about 30 August 1956.  He was honorably separated on 25 September 1956.

5.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides that the Army of Occupation Medal for Germany is awarded for 30 consecutive days at a normal post of duty in Germany between 9 May 1945 and 5 May 1955.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant meets the eligibility requirements to be awarded the Army of Occupation Medal for Germany.

2.  In view of the foregoing, it would be proper and in the interest of justice to correct the applicant’s records as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the applicant’s DD Form 214 be corrected by adding the Army of Occupation Medal for Germany.

BOARD VOTE:  

FNE____  TAP_____  BJE_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON