2.  The applicant requests award of the Purple Heart for a wound received while in Vietnam.  He also requests his records be checked for any other medals or awards for which he may be eligible.

3.  The applicant’s military records show he was inducted into the Army on         9 June 1965.  He arrived in Vietnam on 11 November 1965 where he served as an assistant gunner with Company D, 2d Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division.  He received shrapnel fragment wounds on 20 March 1966. He departed Vietnam on 10 November 1966.  He had been awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Air Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal with two bronze service stars and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.

4.  Purple Heart orders on the applicant were located.

5.  DA Pamphlet 670-3 shows the 2d Battalion, 7th Cavalry was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for the periods 23 October - 26 November 1965 and   25 August 1966 - 4 April 1967.

6.  Army Regulation 670-1 provides, in pertinent part, that a soldier may wear a unit award permanently if the individual was assigned to and present for duty with the unit any time during the period cited.  An oak leaf cluster denotes any subsequent award.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was awarded the Purple Heart.  He was assigned to the 2d Battalion, 7th Cavalry during the two cited periods when it was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation.

2.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s military 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 that the individual concerned was awarded the Purple Heart and the Presidential Unit Citation, 1st oak leaf cluster.

BOARD VOTE:

                       GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

                       GRANT FORMAL HEARING

                       DENY APPLICATION

                                                                         
    CHAIRPERSON