PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           27 October 1999                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999023391

	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	
	Mrs. Nancy Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Margaret K. Patterson		Chairperson	
	Mr. George D. Paxson		Member	
	Ms. Kathleen A. Newman		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 the Presidential Unit Citation be added to his report of separation.

3.  The applicant makes no statement and provides no supporting evidence.

4.  The applicant’s military records were lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center fire in 1973.  The information contained herein was obtained from his report of separation.

5.  The applicant entered active service on 16 January 1943.  He arrived in the European Theater on 1 November 1943, was assigned to the 344th Quartermaster Depot Company, and departed the Theater on 26 December 1945.  He was released from active duty on 15 January 1946.

6.  Army Pamphlet 672-1 shows that the 344th Quartermaster Depot Company was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation for the period 3 December 1944 – 9 June 1945.

7.  Army Regulation 670-1 prescribes the authorization for wear of uniforms and prescribes the awards, insignia and accouterments authorized for wear on the uniform.  In pertinent part, it states that a soldier may wear a unit award permanently if the individual was assigned to and present for duty with the unit any time during the period cited.  A soldier may wear the unit award temporarily if the individual was not present with the unit during the period cited but was subsequently assigned to the unit.  

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  There is evidence to show the applicant’s unit was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation (known today as the Meritorious Unit Citation) but no evidence to show it was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation and he has provided no such evidence.

2.  In view of the foregoing, it would be in the interest of justice to correct the applicant’s records as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by adding the Meritorious Unit Commendation to the applicant’s report of separation.

2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied.

BOARD VOTE:  

__mkp___  __gdp___  __kan___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Margaret K. Patterson
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999023391	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	19991027	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.0031	
2.	107.0034	
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.