PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:           28 October 1998           
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-09814

	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:

	Ms. JoAnn H. Langston		Chairperson	
	Mr.  Curtis W. Barbee, Jr.		Member	
	Mr.  Raymond V. O’Connor		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 Bronze Star Medal for Heroism.

3.  The applicant states that the award was never entered on his separation document.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he entered the Army on                29 December 1965.  He served in Vietnam from 13 December 1967 until          17 February 1968.

5.  An award certificate for the Bronze Star Medal for Heroism, to the applicant, was processed on 2 May 1968.  On 3 September 1968, records show that the award was transmitted to the applicant in a Veterans Administration hospital by officials at Madigan General Hospital, Tacoma, Washington.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows his entitlement to award of the Bronze Star Medal for Heroism 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 Bronze Star Medal for Heroism.

BOARD VOTE:  

JHL____  CWB_____  RVO____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON