PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:  31 August 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR2000037500

	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. Lee Cates		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Samuel A. Crumpler		Chairperson	
	Mr. Joe R. Schroeder		Member	
	Ms. Barbara J. Ellis		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 completion of  (1) Noncommissioned Officer Academy (NCOA); (2) Drill Sergeant School (DSS); (3) Airborne training (basic airborne training); (4) School of Americas, Jungle School (Jungle Operations Training Course); and, (5) in effect, award of the Purple Heart (PH).  The applicant’s records have been previously corrected to show entitlement to award of basic airborne training and NCOA.

3.  The applicant states that he located the certificate of completion of the courses in question and has provided copies.  He also indicates he made two combat jumps with his unit in Vietnam, but provides no evidence.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted on 28 September 1965. He served in Vietnam from 21 April 1966 to 20 April 1967 and was honorably separated on 6 September 1968.

5.  USARSA Form 48A (School of the Americas Certificate) indicates he successfully completed the Jungle Operations Course on 1 December 1967.

6.  His medical records show that he was admitted to the 3rd Surgical Hospital in Vietnam on 20 December 1966 for abdomen pain.

7.  A Certificate of Graduation, given at Fort Knox, Kentucky, on 6 April 1968 indicates the applicant successfully completed DSS.

8.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 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, and the medical treatment must have been made a matter of official record.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows the applicant successfully completed the Jungle Operations Course on 1 December 1967 and the Drill Sergeant School on 6 April 1968.

2.  There is no evidence of record to substantiate qualification for or award of the PH. 

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 showing the individual completed the Jungle Operations Course on 1 December 1967 and the Drill Sergeant School on 6 April 1968.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

__sc___  __js___  __be____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___Samuel A. Crumpler_
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000037500	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000831	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(NC, GRANT , DENY, GRANT PLUS)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.107	Awards	
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6.