PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           30 March 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999028676

	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:

	Ms. Barbara J. Ellis		Chairperson	
	Mr. Hubert O. Fry, 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, in effect, that the Presidential Unit Citation (PUC) be added to his DD Form 214, Report of Separation.

3.  The applicant states that the 1st Cavalry Division was awarded the PUC for its involvement in the Ia Drang Valley.  

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 9 April 1965.  He arrived in Vietnam and was assigned to the 202d Assault Support Helicopter Company, 1st Cavalry Division (later redesignated Company C, 228th Aviation Battalion (Assault Support Helicopter) 1st Cavalry Division).  He departed Vietnam on or about     29 July 1966.

5.  Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-3 shows that the 228th Aviation Battalion was awarded the PUC for the period 23 October – 26 November 1965; the Meritorious Unit Citation for the period September 1965 – November 1966; and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm for the period 9 August 1965 – 19 May 1969.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows that the applicant was assigned to the 228th Aviation Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division during a period of time it was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, the Meritorious Unit Citation and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm.

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 adding the Presidential Unit Citation, the Meritorious Unit Citation and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm to the applicant’s DD Form 214.

BOARD VOTE:  

__bje___  __hof___  __ewl___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Barbara J. Ellis
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999028676	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000330	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.0031	
2.	107.0034	
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