PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:                2 February 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:        AR1999027083

	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 correction of his DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge) to show all awards and decorations to which he is entitled.

3.  The applicant states that his DD Form 214 does not reflect all awards and decorations to which he is entitled.  In support of his application he submits a copy of orders awarding him the Air Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with “V” Device and a newspaper clipping.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he entered active duty on 21 February 1966 as a medical corpsman.  He served in Vietnam from 14 December 1967 to 3 December 1968 and was honorably discharged on 11 December 1968.

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 shows that he was awarded the Vietnam Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Combat Medical Badge, the Purple Heart, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Parachutist Badge and the Bronze Star Medal.

6.  Headquarters, 101st Airborne Division General Orders Number 11100, dated 25 December 1968, awarded the Air Medal to the applicant for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight on 1 June 1968.

7.  Headquarters, 101st Air Cavalry Division General Orders Number 3946, dated 18 July 1968, awarded the Army Commendation Medal with “V” Device to the applicant for heroism in the Republic of Vietnam on 23 March 1968 which is not shown on his discharge document.

8.  The applicant was awarded the Purple Heart by 101st Airborne Division General Orders Number 434, dated 19 April 1968, for wounds sustained on 23 March 1968.

9.  The applicant provided a copy of a newspaper clipping which stated that 
he had been wounded in action for the second time and that he was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds to the right face and shoulder sustained in action on 29 August.  Additionally, his DA Form 20 (Enlisted Qualification Record)
item 40 (Wounds) shows the entry “FRAG WOUNDS FORHEAD 29Aug68” [fragment wounds forehead 29 Aug 68].

10.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, that the Purple Heart is awarded for a wound sustained as a result of hostile action.  Substantiating evidence must be provided to verify that the wound was the result of hostile action, the wound must have required treatment, and the medical treatment must have been made a matter of official record.

11.  The bronze oak leaf cluster is awarded to denote the second and succeeding awards of a certain decorations, among which is the Bronze Star Medal.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Evidence of record shows that the applicant was awarded the Air Medal and the Army Commendation Medal with “V” Device.  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show the Air Medal and the Army Commendation Medal First Oak Leaf Cluster with “V” Device.

2.  Evidence of record shows that the applicant was wounded in action for the second time on 29 August 1968.  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show two awards of the Purple Heart (Purple Heart with First Oak Leaf Cluster).

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 showing in item 24 (Decorations and Awards) that he was awarded the Air Medal, the Army Commendation Medal First Oak Leaf Cluster with “V” Device and the Purple Heart with First Oak Leaf Cluster.

BOARD VOTE:  

CMF_____  JEA_____  LE_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Calvin M. Fowler______
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999027083	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000202	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19681211	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 635-200 	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  64		
2.  61		
3.  66		
4.		
5.		
6.