PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:   

	BOARD DATE:            17 March 1999     
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999022664

	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. Ted S. Kanamine		Chairperson	
	Mr. Orville W. Troesch, Jr.		Member	
	Mr. James P. Steuve		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.  He states the award was omitted from his separation document

3.  Records available to Board indicate the applicant entered active duty on 
30 April 1951 and served nearly 2 years overseas where he was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge.

4.  He was released from active duty on 13 April 1954.  Item 29 (wounds received in action with enemy forces) on his DD Form 214 indicates he sustained a shell fragment wound to his right wrist on 15 April 1952 near Hill 472 in Korea.  The injury is confirmed in documents provided by the VA.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidenced confirms the applicant was wounded on 15 April 1952 while in Korea and as such is entitled to 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 April 1952 while in Korea.

BOARD VOTE:  

___tsk__  __owt___  __jps_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999022664	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990317	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(NC, GRANT , DENY, GRANT PLUS)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.107.00		
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