PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           22 September 1999                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999019170

	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:

	Ms. Margaret K. Patterson		Chairperson	
	Mr. Curtis L. Greenway		Member	
	Mr. John P. Infante		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 he be awarded the Army Good Conduct Medal.

3.  The applicant states that he served for 3 years, had conduct and efficiency ratings of “excellent” and never received an Article 15 or any type of disciplinary actions.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 19 February 1968.  He was assigned to the 212th Military Police Company, Vietnam from 15 January – 21 November 1969.  He was released from active duty on 18 February 1971 after completing 3 years of creditable active service with no lost time.  His DA Form 20, Personnel Qualification Record shows his conduct and efficiency ratings for his entire service were both rated as “excellent.”  There is no evidence of record to show he received any type of disciplinary action.  There is no evidence of record to show he was awarded the Army Good Conduct Medal.

5. Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides for the award of the Army Good Conduct Medal for each 3 years of continuous enlisted active Federal military service completed on or after 27 August 1940.  At the time, a soldier’s conduct and efficiency ratings must have been rated as “excellent” for the entire period of qualifying service 

6.  Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-3 shows that the 212th Military Police Company awarded the Meritorious Unit Citation for the period 15 February 1968 through 1 February 1969.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant met the regulatory requirements for award of the Army Good Conduct Medal.  The evidence of record also shows that he was assigned to the 212th Military Police Company during a period of time the unit was awarded the Meritorious Unit Citation.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by:

     a.  showing the applicant was awarded the Army Good Conduct Medal 1st award for the period 19 February 1968 through 18 February 1971; and

     b.  adding the Army Good Conduct Medal and the Meritorious Unit Citation to the applicant’s DD Form 214.

BOARD VOTE:  

__mkp___  __clg___  __jpi___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Margaret K. Patterson
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999019170	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	19990922	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.0034	
2.	107.0056	
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