MEMORANDUM OF CONSIDERATION

	IN THE CASE OF:   

	BOARD DATE:                              
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-09287

	I certify that hereinafter is recorded the record of consideration of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual.

	Mr. Loren G. Harrell		Director	
	Mr. Robert J. McGowan		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. 		Chairperson	
	Mr. 		Member	
	Mr. 		Member	

	The Board, established pursuant to authority contained in 10 U.S.C. 1552, convened at the call of the Chairperson on the above date.  In accordance with Army Regulation 15-185, the application and the available military records pertinent to the corrective action requested were reviewed to determine whether to authorize a formal hearing, recommend that the records be corrected without a formal hearing, or to deny the application without a formal hearing if it is determined that insufficient relevant evidence has been presented to demonstrate the existence of probable material error or injustice.

	The applicant requests correction of military records as stated in the application to the Board and as restated herein.

	The Board considered the following evidence:

	Exhibit A - Application for correction of military 
                records
	Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including
	            advisory opinion, if any)

APPLICANT REQUESTS:  That his records be corrected to show that he received the “Normandy Campaign Medal.”

APPLICANT STATES:  That he was in France at the “Lucky Strike Repo Depot.”

EVIDENCE OF RECORD:  The applicant's military records were lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973.  Information herein was obtained from reconstructed personnel records.

The applicant was inducted into the Army of the United States on 12 February 1943, reporting for active duty on 19 February 1943.  He departed the United States for Europe on 23 July 1944, arriving there on 28 July 1944.  He was awarded the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal and earned four campaign stars - Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe.  He departed Europe on 25 December 1945 and arrived in the United States on 10 January 1946.  He was honorably discharged on 18 January 1946 with 2 years, 11 months, and 7 days of creditable service.

Service (Campaign) medals and service ribbons denote honorable performance of military duty within specified limited dates in specified geographical areas.  The European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal was awarded for service in the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater of Operations from 7 December 1941 to 8 November 1945.  One bronze service star was authorized to denote each campaign in which the soldier participated; individual campaign ribbons were not created or issued.  The Normandy Campaign service star was for service  in that location between 6 June and 24 July l944.

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.  In order to justify correction of a military record, the applicant must show to the satisfaction of the Board, or it must otherwise satisfactorily appear, that the record is in error or unjust.  The applicant has failed to submit evidence that would satisfy the aforementioned requirement.

2.  Individual campaign medals were not created for each campaign during World War II; instead bronze service stars were authorized on the two major campaign medals—the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal—to denote participation in specific campaigns.

3.  The applicant did not arrive in Europe to 28 July l944, and did not participate in the Normandy Campaign, but did receive credit for participation in the Northern France Campaign.  He is authorized to wear a bronze service star on his European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal for that particular campaign.
4.  In view of the foregoing, there is no basis for granting the applicant's request.

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

BOARD VOTE:

________  ________  ________  GRANT

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

      TDH          LLS            MDM    DENY APPLICATION

						Loren G. Harrell
						Director

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1998012739	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990106	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR .  .  .  .  .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(NC, GRANT , DENY, GRANT PLUS)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.0065	
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