PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:   

	BOARD DATE:         20 January 1999                     
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-10745
				    AR1999016832

	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:

	Ms. June Hajjar		Chairperson	
	Mr. Robert W. Garrett		Member	
	Ms. Deborah S. Jacobs		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 Purple Heart.  He states, in effect, that he sustained a gunshot wound to his right testicle on 3 February 1942 but never received an award of the Purple Heart.

3.  Records available to the Board indicate the applicant entered service with the United State Army as a Philippine Scout on 16 February 1941.  On 3 February 1942, according to an entry on his 1945 separation document and confirmed in an entry in his military personnel file, he was wounded in action on 3 February 1942.  There is no evidence he was ever awarded the Purple Heart.

4.  On 24 May 1945 the applicant was discharged from the Philippine Scouts for the purpose of enlisting in the Army of the United States.

5.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 states that the Purple Heart is awarded in the name of the President of the United States to any member of an Armed Force or any civilian national of the United States who, while serving under competent authority in any capacity with one of the U.S. Armed Service who is wounded as a result of hostile action against an enemy of the United States.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant was wounded as a result of hostile action during World War II and as such is entitled to an award of the Purple Heart.

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 Purple Heart for wounds sustained on 
3 February 1942, during World War II.

BOARD VOTE:  

__jh______  __rwg___  __dsj___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AC	
SUFFIX		
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.		
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.