PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:       

	BOARD DATE:             22 August 2000                
	DOCKET NUMBER:     AR2000037115

	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. Walter Avery, Jr.		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Edward Williamson		Chairperson	
	Ms. Margaret V. Thompson		Member	
	Mr. Kenneth W. Lapin		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 records be corrected to show award of the Purple Heart.

3.  The applicant states there is nothing about his Purple Heart award or his being wounded on his DD Form 214.  

4.  In support of his application he submits a telegram that informed his parents that he was wounded by artillery fire in Korea on 26 September 1952.

5.  The applicant’s military records show that he entered the Army on 13 September 1951 and was honorably separated on 23 September 1953.

6.  The military records contain a WD Form 0707 (Record of Award of Purple Heart), prepared by the 382nd General Hospital awarding the applicant the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in/near Kumhwa Korea on 26 September 1952.

7.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) provides, in pertinent part, that the Purple Heart is awarded for a wound sustained as a result of hostile action.  Substantiating evidence must be provided to verify that the wound was the result of hostile action, the wound must have required treatment by a medical officer, and the medical treatment must have been made a matter of official record.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The Board accepts the WD AGO Form 0707 as evidence that the applicant was wounded as a result of hostile action and is entitled to the Purple Heart for that wound. 

2.  Based on the foregoing, it would be appropriate to correct his DD Form 214 to show that he was awarded the Purple Heart.

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:

	a.  showing that the individual concerned was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in Korea; and

	b.  issuing to him a correction to his DD Form 214 reflecting the above award.

BOARD VOTE:  

___ew___  ___mvt __  ___kwl _  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__________Edward Williamson___
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR200037115	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000822	
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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