PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            15 February 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR1999024271

	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. W. E. Schnupp		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Fred N. Eichorn		Chairperson	
	Ms. Karol A. Kennedy		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 the Purple Heart be added to his DD Form 214, Report of Transfer or Discharge.

3.  The applicant states that he was awarded the Purple Heart in 1967 while he was hospitalized and currently has the medal but it is not listed on his DD Form 214.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that on 9 February 1967, while in Vietnam, he sustained a gunshot wound to the right leg as a result of hostile action.  The record contains a copy of the message from the Adjutant General of the Army to the applicant’s parents, dated 11 February 1967, advising them that their son had been slightly wounded in the right leg as a result of sniper fire while on a road clearing operation.  His Enlisted Qualification Record also contains an entry indicating that he was wounded in action.  

5.  There is, however, no indication in the record that he was ever awarded the Purple Heart.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant’s record contains documentation substantiating that he was wounded as a result of hostile action in Vietnam on 9 February 1967.

2.  Accordingly, it would be appropriate to correct his DD Form 214 to show that he was awarded the Purple Heart.

3.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing that the individual concerned was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in Vietnam on 9 February 1967.

BOARD VOTE:  

_fne____  _kak ____  _rwa____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_Fred N. Eichorn___________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999022471	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000215	
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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6.