PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           13 January 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999026699

	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.  

	Mrs. Nancy Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Ernest M. Willcher		Chairperson	
	Mr. Ernest W. Lutz, Jr.		Member	
	Ms. Margaret V. Thompson		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 Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) be added to his DD Form 214.

3.  The applicant states that the MSM was not entered on his DD Form 214 when he retired.

4.  The applicant’s military records are not available.  The information contained herein was obtained from documents provided by the applicant.

5.  The applicant enlisted in the Regular Army on 1 November 1971.  On           30 October 1991, he was recommended for a retirement MSM.  The award was approved on 8 January 1992.  He retired on 1 February 1992.  The MSM is not listed on his DD Form 214.  Since the applicant was not available to sign his DD Form 214, it was probably prepared at the time he apparently departed on transition leave, prior to approval of the MSM.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was recommended for award of the MSM upon his retirement.  It was approved on 8 January 1992, possibly after the DD Form 214 had already been prepared.  The MSM should be entered on the applicant’s DD Form 214 for the period ending 31 January 1992.  

2.  In view of the foregoing, it would be in the interest of justice to correct the applicant’s records as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by amending the applicant’s DD Form 214 for the period ending 31 January 1992 to add the Meritorious Service Medal to block 13.

BOARD VOTE:  

__emw___  __ewl___  __mvt___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Ernest M. Willcher
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999026699	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000113	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	110.04	
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