PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:	BOARD DATE:            7 October 1998                                    
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-10623

	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	
	Mrs. Nancy Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Samuel A. Crumpler		Chairperson	
	Mr. James E. Vick		Member	
	Mr. Luther L. Santiful		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 the Bronze Star Medal (BSM) and the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) be added to his DD Form 214.

3.  The applicant states a copy of the citation for his BSM is included.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 20 January 1967.  He completed basic combat training and advanced individual training and was awarded military occupational specialty (MOS) 76A (Supply Clerk).  He completed basic airborne on 26 January 1968.

5.  He arrived in Vietnam on 17 February 1968 where he was assigned to the 101st Air Cavalry Division as a 76A1P, Supply Clerk/parachute qualified.  He was awarded primary MOS 13A1P, Field Artilleryman/parachute qualified, on 21 June 1968.  He departed Vietnam and was honorably separated on 11 January 1969.
His awards and decorations included the Parachutist Badge, the Army Commendation Medal and the Bronze Star Medal.

6.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides for the award of the Combat Infantryman Badge to a soldier who is an infantryman satisfactorily performing infantry duties, who is assigned to an infantry unit during such time as the unit is engaged in active ground combat, and must actively participate in such ground combat.  Campaign or battle credit alone is not sufficient for award of the CIB.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant is not qualified for award of the CIB.  He did not hold an infantry MOS and did not perform infantry duties while in Vietnam.

2.  The applicant was awarded the Parachutist Badge and the Bronze Star Medal.

3.  In view of the foregoing, it would be proper and in the interest of justice to correct the applicant’s records as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by adding the Bronze Star Medal and the Parachutist Badge to the applicant’s DD Form 214.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

________  ________  ________  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON