PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:           14 October 1998    
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-10852

	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. Wanda L. Waller		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. John N. Slone		Chairperson	
	Mr. Ernest M. Willcher		Member	
	Mr. Robert W. Garrett		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 award of the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB). 

3.  The applicant states he was awarded the CIB.

4.  The applicant’s military records were destroyed or lost during the National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973.  Records available to the Board were obtained from alternate sources and show the applicant was inducted on 20 August 1942.  He served in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations and the European Theater of Operations from 13 April 1943 until 23 September 1945 and was separated with an honorable discharge on 6 October 1945.  The applicant’s WD AGO Form 53-55 (Enlisted Record and Report of Separation) does not show the CIB as an authorized award.

5.  The applicant provided Headquarters, 143 Infantry Orders 25, dated 9 February 1944, which shows he was awarded the CIB.  His Final Payment Work Sheet shows he was entitled to combat infantry pay. 

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was authorized award of the CIB; therefore, he is entitled to correction of his military records to show this award.

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 that the individual concerned was awarded the CIB.

BOARD VOTE:  

JNS_____  EMW___  RWG____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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