PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            7 October 1998                                    
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-10771

	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 correction of his DD Form 214 to show he was awarded the Soldier’s Medal and to show that he first arrived in Vietnam on      25 March 1966, not 25 April 1966.

3.  The applicant states he was awarded the Soldier’s Medal and includes a copy of the orders.  He includes a copy of his manifest showing he arrived in Vietnam on 25 March 1966.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 11 October 1956 and had continuous service until his retirement.

5.  He was awarded the Soldier’s Medal on General Orders 2900 dated               7 November 1966.

6.  The evidence of record shows that he arrived in Vietnam on his first tour on 25 March 1966.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant’s Soldier’s Medal is missing from his DD Form 214 and the date of arrival in Vietnam for his first tour was 25 March 1966.

2.  In view of the foregoing, it would be proper to correct the applicant’s records as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the DD Form 214 of the applicant be corrected by adding the Soldier’s Medal and by correcting block 19 to read 25Mar66-9Oct66/15Oct67-14May69.

BOARD VOTE:  

________  ________  ________  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON