PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:        8 September 1999
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999018630

	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. Fred K. McCoy		Chairperson	
	Ms. Karen L. Wolff		Member	
	Mr. Orville W. Troesch, 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 records be corrected to reflect award of the Air Medal.  He states he was awarded the decoration for the period October 1966 to January 1968.

3.  Records available to the Board indicate the applicant entered active duty on 20 January 1966 and was assigned to Vietnam as a gunner with the 1st Cavalry Division.  Prior to his departure from Vietnam in May 1968 he was awarded an Air Medal for meritorious achievement.

4.  The applicant continued to serve on active duty until 1976 when he was separated by reason of disability.  Although he has several DD Form 214’s issued during his active military service his award of the Air Medal was not recorded on any of the documents.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant was awarded an Air Medal for meritorious achievement during the period October 1966 through January 1968 and as such his records should be corrected accordingly.

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 an Air Medal for meritorious service while in Vietnam.

BOARD VOTE:  

___fkm__  ___klw__  ____owt_  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	YYYYMMDD	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(NC, GRANT , DENY, GRANT PLUS)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.		
2.		
3.		
4.		
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6.