PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:           

	BOARD DATE:                 1 July 1999 
	DOCKET NUMBER:        AR1999017710

	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. JoAnn H. Langston		Chairperson	
	Mr. Fred K. McCoy		Member	
	Mr. Stanley Kelley		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.

4.  The applicant’s military records show he was inducted on 30 November 1967 as a cannoneer.  He served in Vietnam from 7 May 1968 to 3 May 1969 and was honorably discharged on 3 December 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 27 March 1969.

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            27 March 1969.  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.
BOARD VOTE:  

JHL_____  FKM____  SK______  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		JoAnn H. Langston_____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999017710	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990701	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19691203	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 635-200	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1. 61		
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6.