PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:   

	BOARD DATE:            18 February 1999  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-07619
				   AR1999018978

	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. Thomas N. Kuhn		Chairperson	
	Mr. John P. Infante		Member	
	Mr. James P. Steuve		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 that his records are incomplete and that he should have been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds sustained on 9 August 1970 while in Vietnam.

3.  Records indicate the applicant entered active duty on 23 September 1969 and was assigned to Vietnam in March 1970.  On 9 August 1970 he sustained multiple fragment wounds to his face, chest, abdomen, left arm, right hand, and scrotum as a result of hostile action.  A clinical record sheet, prepared on 24 August 1970 confirms the applicant was awarded the Purple Heart at the 91st Evacuation Hospital (general orders 178) on 10 August 1970.

4.  The applicant was released from active duty on 19 March 1971 but his award of the Purple Heart was not filed in his military personnel file or recorded on his separation document.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record confirms the applicant was wounded as a result of hostile actions while in Vietnam and was awarded the Purple Heart.  However, the award was omitted from his separation document.

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 9 August 1970 while in Vietnam.

BOARD VOTE:  

___tnk__  ___jpi__  ___jps_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AC98-07619/AR1999018978	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990218	
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. 107.00		
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