PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:       

	BOARD DATE:           1 July 1999                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999020286

	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:

	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 award of the Purple Heart for wounds sustained while in Korea.

3.  Records available to the Board indicate the applicant served an initial period of active duty between 1945 and 1946 and reenlisted on 7 October 1950.  He served nearly 10 months in Korea where he was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge and Korean Service Medal.  According to his separation document he sustained a wound to his right eye as a result of enemy action on 15 March 1951 in Korea.  There is, however, no indication he was ever awarded the Purple Heart.

4.  The applicant was released from active duty on 26 September 1951.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant was wounded as a result of hostile action on 15 March 1951 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 15 March 1951 as a result of hostile action while in Korea.

BOARD VOTE:  

___fkm__  __jhl___  __sk____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999020286	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990701	
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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6.