PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           8 March 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999028261

	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. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. Elzey J. Arledge, Jr.		Member	
	Mr. Ernest W. Lutz, Jr.		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 he be awarded the Army Good Conduct Medal.

3.  The applicant states that his records will show that he deserved to be awarded the Army Good Conduct Medal.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 3 August 1962.  He was promoted to Specialist Four on 18 September 1964.  He has no record of any disciplinary actions.  His Service Record shows his conduct and efficiency ratings throughout his period of service as “excellent” except for one efficiency rating of “good” for academic reasons.  He was honorably released from active duty on 2 August 1965.  His DD Form 214, Report of Separation shows he was awarded no service awards or medals.

5.  Army Regulation 672-5-1, in effect at the time, provided policy and criteria concerning individual military decorations.  It stated that the Army Good Conduct Medal was awarded for each 3 years of continuous enlisted active Federal military service completed on or after 27 August 1940 and, for the first award only, upon termination of service on or after 27 June 1950 of less than 3 years but more than 1 year.  At the time, a soldier’s conduct and efficiency ratings must have been rated as “excellent” for the entire period of qualifying service except that a service school efficiency rating based upon academic proficiency of at least “good” rendered subsequent to 22 November 1955 was not disqualifying.

6.  On 21 June 1999, the National Personnel Records Center authorized issuance of the National Defense Service Medal to the applicant.  

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant met the regulatory requirements for award of the Army Good Conduct Medal but there is no evidence of record to show it was awarded to him. He also met the requirement for award of the National Defense Service Medal.

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:

     a.  showing the applicant was awarded the Army Good Conduct Medal 1st award for the period 3 August 1962 – 2 August 1965; and

     b. adding the Army Good Conduct Medal and the National Defense Service Medal to the applicant’s DD Form 214.

BOARD VOTE:  

__rvo___  __eja___  __ewl___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999028261	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000308	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.0056	
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