PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  
	 
	BOARD DATE:           8 September 1999                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999024030

	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:

	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 that he be awarded the National Defense Service Medal (NDSM) and the Korean Occupation Medal.

3.  The applicant states that he served in Korea from October 1963 until December 1964.  Supporting evidence is as listed on the DD Form 149.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 26 April 1963.  He served in Korea from 12 September 1963 – 26 October 1964.
He was released from active duty on 7 April 1966 with a characterization of service of honorable.  His DD Form 214 does not list either of the two requested medals.

5.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 prescribes Army policy and criteria concerning individual military awards.  It states that the NDSM is awarded for honorable active service for any period of service between 27 June 1950 and 27 July 1954, between 1 January 1961 and 14 August 1974, and between 2 August 1990 to a date to be determined.  It also states that the Army of Occupation Medal of Korea is awarded for service in Korea between 3 September 1945 and 29 June 1949.  (The Korean Service Medal is awarded for service in Korea between 27 June 1950 and 27 July 1954.)

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The Board concludes that a Government error did occur in this case.

2.  The applicant served honorably on active duty during the second qualifying period for the NDSM.

3.  The applicant did not serve during the qualifying periods for either the Army of Occupation Medal of Korea or the Korean Service Medal and so is not eligible for either of these two medals.

4.  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 showing the applicant was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

__fkm___  __klw___  __owt___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Fred K. McCoy
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999024030	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	19990908	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.069	
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