PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:       

	BOARD DATE:           12 August 1999                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999020110

	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. Raymond V. O'Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. James M. Alward		Member	
	Ms. Meta Waller		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, in effect, award of the Purple Heart.  He notes that he was wounded in action but never received the award.

3.  Records available to the Board indicate the applicant entered active duty on 9 January 1941 and arrived overseas in November 1944.  According to information contained on his separation document, he sustained a wound to his wrist as a result of hostile actions on 11 February 1945 while in New Guinea.  There is however, no evidence he was ever awarded the Purple Heart for his wound.

4.  The applicant returned to the United States in September 1945 and on 
1 November 1945 was released from active duty as a result of demobilization.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant was wounded as a result of hostile action during World War II and as such is entitled to an award of the Purple Heart.

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 awarding the individual concerned the Purple Heart for wounds sustained on 
11 February 1945 in New Guinea during World War II.

BOARD VOTE:  

___rvo___  __jma___  __mw___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999020110	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990812	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1. 107.00		
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