PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:                2 February 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:       AR1999024320

	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.  

	Ms. Joyce A. Wright		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Calvin M. Fowler		Chairperson	
	Mr. James E. Anderholm		Member	
	Mr. Lester Echols		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, in effect, correction of his DD Form 214 (Report of Separation from the Armed Forces of the United States) with an effective date of 9 December 1954 to show all awards and decorations to which he is entitled.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that his DD Form 214 with an effective date of 9 December 1954 does not show all awards and decorations to which he is entitled.

4.  The applicant’s military records were lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973.  Records available to the Board were obtained from alternate sources and show that he entered active duty on 8 December 1947 and continued to serve until he was honorably discharged on 9 December 1951 in order to reenlist.  He reenlisted on 10 December 1951.  He served in Korea and was honorably discharged on 9 December 1954.

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 with an effective date of 9 December 1951 shows that he was awarded the Korean Service Medal, the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, the Meritorious Unit Commendation, the Good Conduct Medal and the Distinguished Unit Citation. 

6.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 with an effective date of 9 December 1954 shows that he was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.

7.  A DA Form 1577 (Authorization for Issuance of Awards), dated 30 October 1995, shows the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri, determined the applicant was entitled to the Korean Service Medal with one bronze service star and one silver service star and the United Nations Service Medal.

8.  Army Regulation 635-5 provides instructions for the preparation of the 
DD Form 214.  It states, in pertinent part, that item 26 (Decorations and Awards) will be completed to show the decorations awarded or authorized during the period covered by the DD Form 214.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was awarded the Korean Service Medal with one bronze service star and one silver service star and the United Nations Service Medal.  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show these awards.

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 in item 27 (Decorations and Awards) of his DD Form 214 with an effective date of 9 December 1951 that he was awarded the Korean Service Medal with one bronze service star and one silver service star and the United Nations Service Medal.

BOARD VOTE:  

CMF_____  JEA____  LE______  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Calvin M. Fowler______
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999024320	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	200001202	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19541209	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 635-200	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  46		
2.  138		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.