PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:               28 October 1998               
	DOCKET NUMBER:       AC98-10363

	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	
	Ms. Beverly A. Young		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. JoAnn H. Langston		Chairperson	
	Mr. Curtis W. Barbee, Jr.		Member	
	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		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 correction of his records to show award of the Army Commendation Medal and the Parachutist Badge. 

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that these awards were not shown on his DD Form 214 (Report of Transfer or Discharge/Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty).  In support of his application, the applicant submits orders for award of the Army Commendation Medal.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he served in the Regular Army from 11 July 1968 to 2 February 1970 and was appointed as a Reserve commissioned officer on 15 December 1973.  He completed several overseas assignments and in the United States and was honorably released from active duty on 1 February 1982.

5.  The applicant’s personnel records contain two DD Forms 214.  These discharge documents do not show the Army Commendation Medal or the Parachutist Badge as authorized awards.

6.  The applicant was awarded the Army Commendation Medal by 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) Permanent Orders 30-1, dated 18 February 1982.

7.  There are no orders in the applicant’s records which show he was awarded the Parachutist Badge.  There is no indication in his records that he completed basic airborne training or completed a combat parachute jump.

8.  Army Regulation 600-8-22, in pertinent part, sets forth requirements for award of the basic Parachutist Badge.  Award of the basic Parachutist Badge requires that an individual must have satisfactorily completed the prescribed proficiency tests while assigned or attached to an airborne unit or the Airborne Department of the Infantry School, or have participated in at least one combat parachute jump.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was awarded the Army Commendation Medal; therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show this award.

2.  There is no evidence that the applicant completed basic airborne training or completed a combat parachute jump; therefore, he is not entitled to the Parachutist Badge.

3.  In view of the foregoing findings and conclusions, it would be appropriate to correct the applicant’s records, but only as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing the individual concerned was awarded the Army Commendation Medal.

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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