PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE                  7 July 1999
	DOCKET NUMBER:        AR1999016880

	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. Joyce A. Wright		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Irene N. Wheelwright		Chairperson	
	Mr. James E. Anderholm		Member	
	Ms. Meta Waller		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 that the Purple Heart be added to his DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge). 

3.  The applicant states that his DD Form 214 does not show his award of the Purple Heart.  In support of his application he submits a copy of an award certificate for the Purple Heart and a copy of his DD Form 214.

4.  The applicant’s military record show he was inducted on 19 June 1967 as a light weapons infantryman.  He served in Vietnam from 11 May 1968 to
9 May 1969 and was honorably discharged on 9 May 1969.

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 does not show the Purple Heart as an authorized award.

6.  The applicant provides a copy of an award certificate, which shows that he was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds sustained on 21 December 1968.

7.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, that the Purple Heart is awarded for a wound sustained as a result of hostile action.  Substantiating evidence must be provided to verify that the wound was the result of hostile action, the wound must have required treatment, and the medical treatment must have been made a matter of official record.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 
21 December 1968.  Therefore, he is entitled to the 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 Purple Heart for wounds sustained on 21 December 1968.

BOARD VOTE:  

INW_____  JEA____  MW_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Irene N. Wheelwright__
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999016880	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990707	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19690509	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR .635-200	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1 61		
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