PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      

	BOARD DATE:            5 August 1999  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999015283

	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. Deborah L. Brantley		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Mark D. Manning		Chairperson	
	Mr. Arthur A. Omartian		Member	
	Mr. Ernest W. Lutz, Jr.		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 reflect award of the Army Commendation Medal.  In support of his request he submits a copy of an award citation citing him for meritorious service during the period June 1968 through June 1969.

3.  Records available to the Board indicate the applicant entered active duty on 12 January 1968.  Order confirming award the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service during the period June 1968 through June 1969 were issued by the 199th Infantry Brigade on 6 June 1969.  The award, however, was omitted from his separation document when he was discharged on 22 February 1971.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant was awarded an Army Commendation Medal for the meritorious service during the period June 1968 through June 1969 but the award was apparently omitted from his separation document in 1971.

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 Army Commendation Medal for the period June 1968 through June 1969.

BOARD VOTE:  

__mdm__  __aao___  __ewl___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999015283	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990805	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	 GRANT 	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.107.00		
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