PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           13 October 1999                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999017288

	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	
	Mrs. Nancy Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Edward Williamson		Chairperson	
	Mr. Thomas B. Redfern, III		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 that his DD Form 214 be changed to show he is authorized the Southwest Asia Service Medal (SWASM) with 3 bronze service stars and also to show his service in Panama in 1989.

3.  The applicant makes no additional statement and provides only his DD Form 214 as supporting evidence.

4.  The applicant's military records are not available.  The information contained herein was obtained from his DD Form 214.

5.  The applicant enlisted in the Regular Army on 9 April 1985.  He served in Southwest Asia from 21 September 1991 – 22 March 1992.  He also served another 36 months in an undetermined foreign-service area at an undetermined time.  He separated on 1 June 1992.

6.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides that service in the Persian Gulf War is to be recognized by award of the Southwest Asia Service Medal (SWASM) to Army members who participated in Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm in the designated area on or after 2 August 1990.  A bronze service star is authorized for the Defense of Saudi Arabia (2 August 1990 to 16 January 1991), the Liberation and Defense of Kuwait (17 January to 11 April 1991) and the Cease Fire Campaign (12 April 1991 to 30 November 1995).

7.  The Kuwait Liberation Medal (SA), awarded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, was approved on 3 January 1992 and is awarded to those members who participated in the Persian Gulf War from 17 January to 28 February 1991.

8.  The Secretary of Defense accepted an offer by the Government of Kuwait to award the Kuwait Liberation Medal (K) to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who participated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm between 2 August 1990 and 31 August 1993.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 shows he performed service in Southwest Asia from 21 September 1991 – 22 March 1992.  He has provided no evidence to show that this information is incorrect.  This period of service qualifies the applicant only for one bronze service star for the Cease Fire Campaign. 

2.  The applicant’s personnel records are not available and it cannot be determined from his DD Form 214 where or when he performed his other 36 months of foreign service.  He has provided no evidence, such as copies of his DA Form 2-1, Personnel Qualification Record or orders, to show he served in Panama either during Just Cause or for some other period.  

3.  The applicant is, however, eligible for award of the Kuwait Liberation Medal (K).

4.  In view of the foregoing, it would be in the interest of justice to correct the applicant’s records as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing he was awarded the Kuwait Liberation Medal (K).

2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied.

BOARD VOTE:  

__ew____  __tbr___  __ewl___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Edward Williamson
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999017288	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	19991014	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.00	
2.	107.0074	
3.	107.0089	
4.		
5.		
6.