PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:       

	BOARD DATE:            8 July 1999       
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999022245

	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. June Hajjar		Chairperson	
	Mr. Raymond V. O'Connor, Jr.		Member	
	Mr. Roger W. Able		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 his military records be corrected to reflect award of the Purple Heart.  He states he was wounded in February 1969 while in Vietnam, treated at the 71st Evacuation Hospital, and awarded the Purple Heart, although it was never recorded on his separation document.

3.  Records indicate the applicant entered active duty on 28 September 1967 and served in Vietnam between October 1968 and May 1970.  A clinical record sheet indicates he was wounded when his convoy was ambushed near Pleiku, Vietnam on 9 February 1969.  The document notes he was awarded the Purple Heart on 10 February 1969 on General Orders number 29, published by the 71st Evacuation Hospital although his records do not contain copies of the award order.

4.  The applicant was released from active duty on 10 May 1970.  His award of the Purple Heart, however, was omitted from his separation document.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms he was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds sustained on 9 February 1969 while in Vietnam.

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 Purple Heart for wounds sustained on 9 February 1969 while in Vietnam.

BOARD VOTE:  

__jh____  __rvo___  __rwa___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999022245	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990707	
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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