PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:   

	BOARD DATE:  27 June 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR2000035118

	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. Carl W. S. Chun		Director	
	Mr. Vic Whitney		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Mark D. Manning		Chairperson	
	Mr. Curtis L. Greenway		Member	
	Mr. Walter T. Morrison		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 his award of the Army Achievement Medal (AAM) be added to his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty).

3.  The applicant states that the award is missing.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was serving on active duty in pay grade E-5 when he was recommended for award of the AAM.  The recommendation was approved on 23 February 1996 and permanent order number 54-1 was signed that same day.

5.  His DD Form 214, issued on 1 April 1996, does not show the AAM as an authorized award.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was recommended and approved for an award of the AAM on 23 February 1996 and he is entitled to have it added to his DD Form 214.

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 for the individual concerned be corrected by correcting his DD Form 214 to show award of the Army Achievement Medal.

BOARD VOTE:  

___mm___  __cg__  __wm___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___Mark D. Manning___
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000035118	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000627	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.0025	
2.		
3.		
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5.		
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