PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:                 5 January 2000
           DOCKET NUMBER:        AR1999028969

	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:

	Ms. Erin J. Olmes		Chairperson	
	Mr. John D. Miller		Member	
	Mr. James M. Alward		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 his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) be corrected to show that he was awarded the Army Achievement Medal (AAM).

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that his DD Form 214 does not show the
AAM.  In support of his application he submits an award certificate for the AAM.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he entered active duty on 10 June 
1980 as a plumber and was honorably discharged on 9 June 1984.  His discharge document does not show the AAM as an authorized award.

5.  The applicant provided an award certificate, which shows that he was awarded the AAM on 30 June 1983.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was awarded the Army Achievement Medal on 30 June 1983.
Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show this award.

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 (Awards and Decorations) of his DD Form 214 that he was awarded the Army Achievement Medal.

BOARD VOTE:  

EJO____  JDM_____  JMA____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Erin J. Olmes_________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999028969	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000105	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19840609	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR  635-200	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  71		
2.  		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.