PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      

	BOARD DATE:            31 October 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR1999024942

	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. Carl W. S. Chun		Director	
	Mr. W. E. Schnupp		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Elzey J. Arledge, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Ms. Brenda F. Hirschi		Member	
	Mr. Allen L. Raub		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 his Date of Birth (DOB) and Arm or Service be corrected.

3.  The applicant states that his DOB (item 10) of WD AGO Form 53-55 (Enlisted Record and Report of Separation) should be 30 December 1923 and his Arm or Service (item 4) should be Arty (Artillery).

4.  In support of his request, he has submitted a certified copy of his Birth Certificate.

5.  The applicant’s military records were lost or destroyed in the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center.  Information herein has been derived from document submitted by the applicant and from alternate sources.

6.  His WD AGO Form 53-55 shows that he was inducted on 6 February 1943 and served in the European Theater of Operations from June 1944 to December 1945.  His Arm or Service is shown as Ordinance and his DOB is 29 October 1923.  He was honorably discharged at demobilization on 1 January 1946.

7.  His awards include the Good Conduct Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with Three Bronze Service Stars, the Marksman Badge with Rifle Bar and the World War II Honorable Service Lapel Button.  The Army Reserve Component Personnel and Administration Center determined in June 1984 that he was also entitled to the Presidential Unit Citation.

8.  The copy of the Birth Certificate he has provided shows his DOB as 30 December 1923.  

9.  Army Regulation 600-8-22, Military Awards, provides in pertinent part, that the World War II Victory Medal is awarded for service between 7 December 1941 and 31 December 1946.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant has provided valid evidence to support changing his DOB from 29 October 1923 to 30 December 1923. 

2.  His period of service from February 1943 to January 1946 entitles him to award of the World War II Victory Medal.

3.  Regarding his request to show Artillery as his Arm or Service in item 4 of WD AGO Form 53-55, he has provided no evidence and the available records contain no evidence to support making this change.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by:

	a.  showing that the DOB of the individual concerned is 30 December 1923; and

	b.  showing that he was awarded the World War II Victory Medal.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

___eja __  ___bfh __  ___alr __  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_________Elzey J. Arledge, Jr._____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999024942	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20001031	
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.  100.00		
2.  107.00		
3.  110.04		
4.		
5.		
6.