PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            02 December 1998  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-12206

	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. David H. Keller		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. George D. Paxson		Member	
	Mr. John H. Kern		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, that his military records be corrected to show award of the Aircraft Crew Member Badge.

3.  The applicant states that he never received “wings” or orders awarding his “wings,” even though he was a regular crew member on many combat missions, and remained a crew member after leaving Vietnam.  He also states that he had 30 Air Medals, four with “V” device for valor.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he entered active duty on 30 June 1971 and, after basic combat training, received advanced individual training (AIT) as an aircraft maintenance apprentice, military occupational specialty (MOS) 67A.  He was trained at the US Army Aviation School, Fort Rucker, Alabama.

5.  After training, the applicant was assigned to Vietnam, where he served with the 18th Aviation Company as a UH-1 helicopter repairman.  He was awarded three Air Medals with the “V” device during his tour.

6.  The applicant was discharged on 16 June 1978 at Oakland, California.  His DD Form 214 (Report of Separation from Active Duty) does not show that he was awarded the Aircraft Crew Member Badge.

7.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, that the Aircraft Crew Member Badge may be permanently awarded to soldiers upon successful completion of formal AIT in career management field 67 MOS’s.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms that the applicant met the requirements for award of the Aircraft Crew Member Badge.

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 awarding the individual concerned the Aircraft Crew Member Badge.

BOARD VOTE:  

________  ________  ________  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AC	
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RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	YYYYMMDD	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(NC, GRANT , DENY, GRANT PLUS)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.		
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