PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:               19 November 1998
	DOCKET NUMBER:       AC98-10635

	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. Hubert S. Shaw, Jr.		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Fred N. Eichorn		Chairperson	
	Mr. Thomas A. Pagan		Member	
	Ms. Barbara J. Ellis		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 her records to show the entry “Participated in Desert Storm” instead of the entry “Service in Southwest Asia”.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that she would like the entry to show Desert Storm instead of just Southwest Asia.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that she entered active duty in February 1986 and served as a Personnel Administration Specialist.  She served in support of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in Southwest Asia from 24 August 1990 through 24 march 1991.  She was honorably discharged on 4 August 1991.

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) shows in item 18 (Remarks) the entry “Service in Southwest Asia:  900824-910324”.  The Board notes that a DD Form 215 (Correction to a DD Form 214), dated 3 October 1992, amended her discharge document to show the Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  However, the Board notes the applicant is also entitled to the Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Government of Kuwait which is not shown on her DD Form 214.

6.  Army Regulation 635-5 establishes the policies and procedures for completion and distribution of the DD Form 214.  In pertinent part, it states that item 18 (Remarks) is used for entries required by Headquarters Department of the Army for which a separate block is not available and for completing entries that are too long for their blocks.  Department of the Army issued guidance to report service in the Southwest Asia Theater in item 18 (Remarks) of the DD Form 214.

7.  The Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KLM-SA) was approved on 3 January 1992 and is awarded  to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who participated in the Persian Gulf War between 17 January 1991 and 28 February 1991.

8.  The Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Government of Kuwait (KLM-K) was approved on 9 November 1995 and is awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who participated in the Persian Gulf War between 2 August 1990 and 31 August 1993.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The entry “Service in Southwest Asia” is correct based on Department of the Army guidance and the applicant has not shown that this entry has created an injustice or inequity in her case.  Therefore, the applicant is not entitled to modification of this entry.

2.  The applicant is entitled to the Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Government of Kuwait; therefore she is entitled to correction of her records to show this award.

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 that the individual concerned was awarded the Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Government of Kuwait.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

FNE____  TAP____  BJE_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON