PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:           

	BOARD DATE:                 9 March 2000 
	DOCKET NUMBER:        AR1999029297

	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. June Hajjar		Chairperson	
	Mr. Thomas D. Howard, Jr.		Member	
	Ms. Carol Jo Suiter		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 WD AGO Form 53-55 (Enlisted Record and Report of Separation) to show his last name as “Gebard” instead of
“Gebardt” and to show that he was wounded on “20 Jun 1944” instead of 
20 Jan 44”.

3.  The applicant states that his last name and date wounded are incorrect on
his WD AGO Form 53-55.  In support of his application he submits a copy of his birth certificate.

4.  The applicant’s military records were destroyed or lost during the National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973.  Records available to the Board were obtained from alternate sources and show he was inducted on 14 November 1942.  He served in the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater of Operations from 22 February 1944 to 23 January 1946 and was honorably discharged on 14 February 1946.

5.  The applicant’s WD AGO Form 53-55 shows his last name as “Gebardt” instead of “Gebard”.

6.  The birth certificate provided by the applicant shows his last name as “Gebard”.

7.  Item 34 (Wounds Received in Action) of the applicant’s WD AGO Form 53-55, which was authenticated in his own hand, shows the entry “20 JAN 44”.

8.  Information from the Hospital Admissions Card created by the Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army shows that the applicant was wounded in action in June 1944.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Evidence of record shows his last name as Gebard instead of Gebardt.
Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show his last name as
Gebard.

2.  Evidence of record shows that the applicant was wounded in action in June 1944.  However, the actual date of injury is unknown.  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of item 34 (Wounds Received in Action) of his WD AGO Form 53-55 to show the entry “JUN 44” instead of “20 JAN 44”.

3.  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 the individual concerned last name as “Gebard” in item 1 (Last Name) and in item 34 (Wounds Received in Action) the entry “JUN 44” of his 
WD AGO Form 53-55.

BOARD VOTE:  

___JH__   TDH_____  CJS____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______June Hajjar________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999029297	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	200003xx	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 615-365	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  1021		
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.		

There is no evidence of record available to the Board, and the applicant has provided no evidence, which shows that he was wounded on 20 June 1944.
However, evidence of record shows he was wounded in action in June 1944, the actual date unknown.
on “20 JAN 44” instead of “20 JUN 44”.  Therefore, there is no basis to correct item 34 (Wounds Received in Action) of his WD AGO Form 53-55.