PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            19 January 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999024745

	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. Raymond V. O'Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. Curtis L. Greenway		Member	
	Mr. John P. Infante		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 award of the Purple Heart and the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB).

3.  The applicant states that he was seriously wounded in combat during the Korean War while assigned to Company G, 9th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division.  He was separated 3 months early and never received the Purple Heart or the CIB.  (The applicant’s request was amended by letter on     27 December 1999 providing a copy of his DD Form 214 and indicating that he had never been issued any of the awards shown in block 27 of the DD Form 214)

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted on 6 February 1951 and served with the 9th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division in Korea for approximately 10 months.  He was honorably discharged and transferred to the Enlisted Reserve Corps on 5 November 1952 in the grade of sergeant.

5.  His DD Form 214 shows that he suffered a gunshot wound to the left arm in Korea on 15 September 1951, however, the form does not show that he was awarded the Purple Heart for that wound.  It does show that he was awarded the CIB, the Korean Service Medal with 2 bronze service stars, the United Nations Service Medal and the Medical Badge (in the absence of further records to identify which Medical Badge, it is presumed that this award is the Combat Medical Badge).

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 clearly shows that he is entitled to the Purple Heart for a gunshot wound suffered on 15 September 1951 in Korea.

2.  Furthermore, the other awards he is seeking are also authorized as indicated on the DD Form 214.

3.  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:

	a.  correcting the DD Form 214 of the individual concerned to show that he was awarded the Purple Heart for wound sustained in action in Korea on              15 September 1951, and that he is also entitled to the CIB, the Korean Service Medal with 2 bronze service stars, the United Nations Service Medal and the Combat Medical Badge; and
	b.  issuing to him all of the aforementioned awards.

BOARD VOTE:  

_rvo_____  _clg____  _jpi_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_____Raymond V. O'Connor, Jr._
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999024745	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000119	
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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