PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:           

	BOARD DATE:                10 February 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:        AR1999027462

	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. Hubert S. Shaw, Jr.		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Van B. Cunningham		Chairperson	
	Mr. James P. Steuve		Member	
	Mr. Kenneth L. Wright		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 records to show any unit awards to which he is entitled.

3.  The applicant states that he was informed that his unit was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, the Joint Meritorious Unit Award and the Army Superior Unit Award.  He requests that this information be researched so he can have these awards permanently documented.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he entered active duty on 25 July 1989 and completed training as an artillery fire support specialist.  He served in Southwest Asia from 25 December 1990 to 1 May 1991 and was honorably discharged on 15 October 1991. 

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) does not show he was authorized any unit awards.

6.  Records indicate that the applicant’s unit of assignment in Germany and in Southwest Asia was the 4th Battalion, 7th Infantry of the 3d Infantry Division.  

7.  The Office of the Adjutant General of the Army has placed the Army Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register on the Internet.  This listing shows the unit awards received by Army units subsequent to operations in Grenada and campaign participation by Army units in military operations including the Dominican Republic, Grenada and Southwest Asia.  The Army Unit Citation listing shows that the 4th Battalion of the 7th Infantry was awarded the Valorous Unit Award for actions from 24 to 28 February 1991 based on Department of the Army General Orders 27, dated 27 December 1994.  

8.  There is no evidence the applicant’s unit was authorized the Presidential Unit Citation, the Joint Meritorious Unit Award, the Army Superior Unit Award or any other unit awards during the period of his assignment.

9.  Army Regulation 670-1 (Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia), in pertinent part, states that unit awards are authorized for permanent wear by an individual who was assigned and present for duty with the unit at any time during the period cited or who was attached to and present for duty with the unit for at least 30 consecutive days of the period cited.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was assigned to a unit during the period it was cited for award of the Valorous Unit Award; therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show permanent award of the Valorous Unit Award.

2.  There is no evidence the applicant is entitled permanent award of the Presidential Unit Citation, the Joint Meritorious Unit Award or the Army Superior Unit Award.  Therefore, he is not entitled to correction of his records to show these unit awards.

3.  In view of the foregoing findings and conclusions, it would be appropriate to correct the applicant’s records, but only as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing the individual concerned was awarded the Valorous Unit Award.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

VBC_____  JPS_____  KLW___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Van B. Cunningham_____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999027462	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000210	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	199911015	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 635-200. . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON	ETS	
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY	MR SCHNEIDER	
ISSUES         1.	107.00	
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