PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:           26 April 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999029066

	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. David H. Keller		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Stanley Kelley		Chairperson	
	Ms. Karol A. Kennedy 		Member	
	Mr. Curtis L. Greenway		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 award of the Purple Heart for wounds received while in Vietnam on 7 April 1968.

3.  The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted on 21 June 1967.  After training, he was assigned to Vietnam as a field artillery crewman with the 1st Battalion, 11th Artillery.  He was promoted to sergeant on 1 July 1968.

4.  Although medical records verifying the wounds received are not available, a review of the applicant’s DA Form 20 (Enlisted Qualification Record) shows he received a fragment wound to the buttocks on 7 April 1968 while serving in Vietnam.

5.  The applicant was separated on 20 June 1969 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.  His DD Form 214 (Report of Transfer or Discharge) does not show the Purple Heart as an authorized award.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Records substantiate that the applicant was wounded on 7 April 1968 as a result of hostile action in Vietnam and is entitled to award of the Purple Heart.

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 awarding the individual concerned the Purple Heart for a wound sustained in Vietnam on 7 April 1968.

BOARD VOTE:  

__sk____  ___kak__  ___clg__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__STANLEY KELLEY__
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999029066	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000426	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.00	
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5.		
6.