PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            30 March 200                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR2000036120

	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. W. E. Schnupp		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Barbara J. Ellis		Chairperson	
	Mr. Hubert O. Fry, Jr.		Member	
	Mr. Ernest W. Lutz, Jr.		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 military records be corrected to show that he was awarded the Army of Occupation Medal (Germany) and the Presidential Unit Citation.

3.  The applicant states that he is eligible for the aforementioned awards by virtue of being present and assigned during the periods of eligibility.

4.  In support of his request, he has provided a copy of his WD AGO Form 53-55, Enlisted Record and Report of Separation.

5.  The applicant’s military records were lost or destroyed in the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center.  Information herein was derived from documents provided by the applicant.

6.  His WD AGO Form 53-55 shows that he was inducted on 2 June 1943 and served in the European Theater of Operations from October 1944 to March 1946 with the 575 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion – Automatic Weapons.  He was honorably discharged at demobilization on 16 March 1946 in the grade of technician 4th grade.  His awards include the American Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 3 bronze battle stars, the Good Conduct Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Honorable Service Lapel Button, the Driver and Mechanic Badge and the Marksman Badge with rifle and thompson submachine gun bars.

7.  Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-1, Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register, dated 6 July 1961, shows, among other information, unit awards authorized for units that served during World War II.  This document shows that the unit to which the applicant was assigned, the 575 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion – Automatic Weapons, was awarded credit for the occupation of Germany for the periods 2 May - 4 June and 5 July – 30 October 1945.  It does not show that the unit was awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation (now the Presidential Unit Citation) for actions during World War II.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Based on the period of his assignment to the unit, the applicant is entitled to the Army of Occupation Medal (Germany).

2.  There is, however, no evidence to show that his unit was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation during their wartime service.

3.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by:

	a.  showing that the individual concerned was awarded the Army of Occupation Medal (Germany); and

	b.  issuing to him a correction to his WD AGO Form 53-55 reflecting the aforementioned award.

2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied.

BOARD VOTE:  

_bje_____  _hof____  __ewl____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_________Barbara J. Ellis____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000-036120	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000330	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  107.00		
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