PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF

	BOARD DATE:         8 September 1999
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999021498

	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. Fred K. McCoy		Chairperson	
	Ms. Karen L. Wolff		Member	
	Mr. Orville W. Troesch, Jr.		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 Combat Infantryman Badge.  He states he served in Vietnam as an infantryman but never received the badge.

3.  Records available to the Board indicate the applicant entered active duty on 
13 July 1971 and was assigned as an infantryman (specialty 11B) with Company F, 50th Infantry in Vietnam between February and September 1972.

4.  On 16 October 1973 the applicant was released from active duty under honorable conditions.

5.  There are basically three requirements for award of the Combat Infantryman Badge.  The soldier must be an infantryman (11 series specialty), assigned to an infantry unit during such time as the unit is engaged in active ground combat, and must have actively participated in such ground combat.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant met the requirements for award of the Combat Infantryman Badge while in Vietnam between February and September 1972 and as such should be awarded the badge.

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 Combat Infantryman Badge based on his service as an infantryman in Vietnam between February and September 1972.

BOARD VOTE:  

____fkm_  ___klw__  ___owt__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999021498	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990908	
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.