PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:                 5 January 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:        AR1999024170

	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. Hubert S. Shaw, Jr.		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Erin J. Olmes		Chairperson	
	Mr. John D. Miller 		Member	
	Mr. James M. Alward		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 correction of his records to show award of the Air Assault Badge.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that he was awarded the Air Assault Badge.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he entered active duty on 12 July 1976 and served until he was discharged on 2 November 1982.  His DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) covering his service from 27 April 1979 through 2 November 1982 does not show the Air Assault Badge as an authorized award.

5.  The applicant provided 101st Airborne Division Permanent Orders 344-024, dated 9 December 1980, which awarded him the Air Assault Badge.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Orders show the applicant was awarded the Air Assault Badge; therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show this 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 showing on the DD Form 214 (with a separation date of 2 November 1982) that the individual concerned was awarded the Air Assault Badge.

BOARD VOTE:  

EJO_____  JDM____  JMA____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Erin J. Olmes_________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999024170	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000105	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	GD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 635-200, CHAP 13. . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON	UNSUITABILITY	
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY	MR SCHNEIDER	
ISSUES         1.	107.00	
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.