MEMORANDUM OF CONSIDERATION

	IN THE CASE OF:     

	BOARD DATE:            1 August 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR2000035764

	I certify that hereinafter is recorded the record of consideration of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual.

	Mr. Carl W. S. Chun		Director	
	Mr. W. E. Schnupp		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Deborah S. Jacobs		Chairperson	
	Ms. Karol A. Kennedy		Member	
	Mr. Ernest W. Lutz, Jr.		Member	

	The Board, established pursuant to authority contained in 10 U.S.C. 1552, convened at the call of the Chairperson on the above date.  In accordance with Army Regulation 15-185, the application and the available military records pertinent to the corrective action requested were reviewed to determine whether to authorize a formal hearing, recommend that the records be corrected without a formal hearing, or to deny the application without a formal hearing if it is determined that insufficient relevant evidence has been presented to demonstrate the existence of probable material error or injustice.

	The applicant requests correction of military records as stated in the application to the Board and as restated herein.

	The Board considered the following evidence:

	Exhibit A - Application for correction of military 
                records
	Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including
	            advisory opinion, if any)

APPLICANT REQUESTS:  That the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) be added to his separation document (WD AGO Form 53-55).

APPLICANT STATES:  That the CIB is not on his discharge but he earned it and it was presented to him some where in Belgium or Luxemburg.

EVIDENCE OF RECORD:  The applicant's military records show:

He enlisted on 7 November 1942 and served in the European Theater of Operation from October 1943 to September 1945.  His military occupational specialty (MOS) was 055, dispatch clerk.  He was honorably discharged at demobilization on 2 November 1945 in the grade of staff sergeant.

His awards include the American Service Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the Purple Heart, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal and the World War II Honorable Service Lapel Button.

The WD AGO Form 53-55, which he authenticated at the time of his separation, does not show the CIB as an authorized award.

There are no orders in the applicant’s records showing that he was recommended for or awarded the CIB.

Army Regulation 600-8-22, Military Awards, provides, in pertinent part, that to be eligible for the CIB, an individual must be an infantryman with an infantry MOS and must perform primary duty as an infantryman, as a member of an infantry unit of brigade or smaller size, during any period in which that unit was engaged in ground combat.  Battle participation credit alone is not sufficient.

During World War II, the CIB was awarded to enlisted men serving in MOS 604 (light machine gunner), 605 (heavy machine gunner), 651 (platoon sergeant), 653 (squad leader), 745 (rifleman), 746 (automatic rifleman), and 812 (heavy weapons noncommissioned officer).

DISCUSSION:  Considering all the evidence, allegations, and information presented by the applicant, together with the evidence of record, applicable law and regulations, it is concluded:

1.  The application has provided no evidence and the available records contain no evidence showing that he was recommended for or awarded the CIB.  In the absence of such evidence, there are no grounds for this Board to make such an award. 

2.  In order to justify correction of a military record the applicant must show to the satisfaction of the Board, or it must otherwise satisfactorily appear, that the record is in error or unjust.  The applicant has failed to submit evidence that satisfies this requirement.

3.  In view of the foregoing, there is no basis for granting the applicant's request.

DETERMINATION:  The applicant has failed to submit sufficient relevant evidence to demonstrate the existence of probable error or injustice.

BOARD VOTE:

________  ________  ________  GRANT

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

___dsj  __  ___kak__  ___ewl __  DENY APPLICATION

		    Carl W. S. Chun
		    Director, Army Board for Correction
    of Military Records

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000035764	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000801	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR .  .  .  .  .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(DENY)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  107.01		
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