PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:              28 October 1998                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:     AC98-09159

	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. 		Chairperson	
	Mr. 		Member	
	Mr. 		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 entitlement to award of the Bronze Star Medal, based on award of the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Purple Heart.

3.  The applicant states that he was hit with shrapnel in his right leg during the Korean Conflict.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that as inducted into the Army on        25 October 1951.  He served in Korea from 3 May 1952 to 9 September 1953.

5.  His Enlisted Qualification Record indicates he was awarded the Purple Heart and that he was hospitalized, in the 21st Evacuation Hospital, from 3 to 25 September 1952.

6.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) provides, in pertinent part, that the Bronze Star Medal is awarded in time of war for heroism and for meritorious achievement or service in military operations against an armed enemy.  The Bronze Star Medal is authorized for each individual who was cited in orders or awarded a certificate for exemplary conduct in ground combat between              7 December 1941 and 2 September 1945 or whose such achievement or service, during that period, was confirmed by documents executed prior to          1 July 1947.  An award of the Combat Infantryman Badge or the Combat Medical Badge is considered to be a citation in orders.  This means, in effect, that the Bonze Star Medal is to be awarded to individuals who were authorized either badge for service during World War II.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows that the applicant is entitled to award of the Purple Heart and his records will be corrected accordingly.

2.  There is no record that the applicant was recommended, or had orders published, for the Bronze Star Medal.  Further, his active service was not consistent with the provisions of regulation for World War II.

3.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  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.

2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied 

BOARD VOTE:  

JHL____  CWB_____  RVO____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON