PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            9 December 1998            
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-11793

	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:

	Ms. June Hajjar 		Chairperson	
	Mr. Fred N. Eichorn		Member	
	Mr. Thomas B. Redfern, III		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, in effect, correction of his military records to show award of the Korean Service Medal and to show any other awards to which he might be entitled. 

3.  The applicant states he was in the “Korea Combat Zone” from 4 July 1950 through 14 September 1950.  In support of his application, he submits a copy of an official statement, dated 25 May 1953, which states the applicant served in a combat zone from July 1950 through September 1950 and is entitled to an income tax exemption. 

4.  The applicant’s military records show he enlisted on 17 August 1948.  He served as a military policeman in Korea and was separated in the grade of corporal with an honorable discharge on 15 May 1952.

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 (Report of Separation from the Armed Forces of the United States), which was authenticated in his own hand, does not show the Korean Service Medal as an authorized award.  His DD Form 214 does show award of the Army of Occupation Medal with Japan Clasp.

6.  A DA Form 1577 (Authorization for Issuance of Awards), dated 27 July 1993, shows that the Army Reserve Personnel Center in St. Louis, Missouri, determined the applicant was entitled to the Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal with one bronze service star and the United Nations Service Medal.  These awards are not shown on the applicant’s DD Form 214.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal with one bronze service star and the United Nations Service Medal.  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his military records to show these awards. 

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 Good Conduct Medal, 

the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal with one bronze service star and the United Nations Service Medal.

BOARD VOTE:  

JH______  FNE____  TBR_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AC98-11793/AR1998012421	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19981209	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19520515	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT PLUS)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.00	
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