PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            10 November 1988                 
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AC98-09124

	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. Lee Cates		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 that his records be corrected to show his entitlement to award of the Purple Heart, the Air Medal, and the Army Commendation Medal.

3.  The applicant states that the awards were not listed on his separation document.

4.  The applicant was inducted on  9 April 1968.  He served in Vietnam from       6 September 1968 to 13 August 1969.  His DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge), dated 22 October 1970, indicates he had 2 years of creditable service and 192 days of lost time.

5.  General Order Number 3179, Headquarters, 101st Airborne Division, dated     9 April 1969, announced the award of the Army Commendation Medal.

6.  General Order Number 7413, Headquarters, 101st Airborne Division, dated     22 June 1969, announced the award of the Air Medal.

7.  Medical records show that the applicant was wounded in action on 5 August 1969.  Further, he was medically evacuated through the 249th General Hospital, Japan.

8.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) provides, in pertinent part, that he Purple Heart is awarded for a wound sustained as a result of hostile action.  Substantiating evidence must be provided to verify that the wound was the result of hostile action, the wound must have required treatment, and the medical treatment must have been made a matter of official record.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Evidence of record shows the applicant is entitled to award of the Purple Heart, the Army Commendation Medal, and the Air Medal and his records should be corrected accordingly.

2.  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 his entitlement to award of the Purple Heart, the Army Commendation Medal, and the Air Medal.

BOARD VOTE:  

CMF____  IEW_____  MKP___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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					        CHAIRPERSON