PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:                15 February 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:        AR1999028233

	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. Fred Eichorn		Chairperson	
	Ms. Karol A. Kennedy 		Member	
	Mr. Roger Able		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 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to show that he was awarded the Purple Heart 
(First Oak Leaf Cluster) and the Meritorious Service Medal (Second Oak Leaf Cluster).

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that the aforementioned awards are not listed on his DD Form 214.  In support of his application he submits a copy of orders awarding him the Purple Heart (First Oak Leaf Cluster), the Meritorious Service Medal (Second Oak Leaf Cluster), the Bronze Star Medal and the Army Commendation Medal.

4.  The applicant’s military records show he entered active duty on 26 February 1958 and continued to serve until he was placed on the Army of the United States Retired List effective 31 October 1981.

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 shows only one award of the Purple Heart and two awards of the Meritorious Service Medal.

6.  U.S. Total Army Personnel Command Permanent Orders 57-1, dated 26 February 1997, awarded the applicant the Purple Heart (First Oak Leaf Cluster) for wounds received in action as a result of hostile action on 18 December 1971.

7.  Headquarters, 7th Infantry Division and Fort Ord Permanent Orders 198-03, dated 20 November 1981, awarded the applicant the Meritorious Service Medal (Second Oak Leaf Cluster) for meritorious service.

8.  Headquarters, 1st Aviation Brigade General Orders Number 7073, dated 15 October 1968, awarded the applicant the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in connection with military operations against a hostile force from March 1967 to November 1968.

9.  Headquarters, 2nd Infantry Division Permanent Orders 152-28, dated 9 June 1980, awarded the applicant the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service from 25 August 1979 to 10 August 1980.

10.  A DA Form 1577 (Authorization for Issuance of Awards), dated 27 February 1997, shows the Awards Branch of the Total Army Personnel Command in Alexandria, Virginia, determined the applicant was entitled to the Purple Heart 
(First Oak Leaf Cluster), the Meritorious Service Medal, the Bronze Star and the Army Commendation Medal.

11.  The bronze oak leaf cluster is awarded to denote the second and succeeding awards of certain decorations, among which are the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart and the Meritorious Service Medal.
CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was awarded the Purple Heart with First Oak Leaf Cluster, the
Meritorious Service Medal Second Oak Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star Medal and the Army Commendation Medal.  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show these awards.

2.  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 13 (Decorations and Awards) of his DD Form 214 that he was awarded the Purple Heart (First Oak Leaf Cluster), the Meritorious Service Medal (Second Oak Leaf Cluster), the Bronze Star Medal and the Army Commendation Medal.

BOARD VOTE:  

FE_____  KAK_____  RA______  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Fred Eichorn__________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999028233	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000215	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19811031	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 635-200	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  61		
2.  63		
3.  60		
4.  66		
5.		
6.