PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:    

	BOARD DATE:  2 September 1999                              
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999021346

	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	
	Mr. Kenneth H. Aucock		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Margaret K. Patterson 		Chairperson	
	Mr.  Thomas N. Kuhn		Member	
	Mr.  James M. Alward		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 National Defense Service Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal, and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (AFEM). NOTE: The applicant has been awarded the first two mentioned medals.  The applicant states that he was in Korea during the dates authorized for award of the AFEM.

3.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Army for four years on 13 March 1973, completed training, and in August was assigned to the 199th Personnel Service Company in Korea as a computer operator.  He completed his tour in Korea and returned to the United States at Fort Hood, Texas in September 1974.  On 12 March 1977 the applicant was released from active duty in the grade of E-4 at Fort Hood with an honorable characterization of service.  He had 4 years of service.

4.  Army Regulation 600-8-22, provides, in pertinent part, that the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal is authorized for participants in military operations within a
specific geographic area during a specified time period.  An individual, who was not engaged in actual combat or equally hazardous activity, must have participated in operations or in direct support of operations for 30 consecutive or 60 nonconsecutive days.  The medal is authorized for operations in Korea from   1 October 1966 to 30 June 1974. 
  
CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant served in Korea in support of operations during the time period authorized for award of the AFEM.  He is entitled to that award.

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 Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. 

BOARD VOTE:  

___tnk__  ___mkp__  ___jma__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999021346	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990902	
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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