PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           6 April 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000037530

	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.  

	Mrs. Nancy Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. John N. Slone		Chairperson	
	Mr. Ernest M. Willcher		Member	
	Mr. James E. Anderholm		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 an Army Achievement Medal (AAM) certificate and a revocation order pertaining to that AAM be removed from his Official Military Personnel File (OMPF).

3.  The applicant states he was awarded the AAM in July 1998.  About a week later he noticed that the order number on the certificate did not match that on the DA Form 638, Recommendation for Award.  His unit corrected the certificate but somehow both the incorrect certificate and the revocation order were filed in his OMPF.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was awarded the AAM (7th oak leaf cluster) on 21 July 1998.  The certificate showed an erroneous Permanent Order number of 23651.  A new certificate showing the correct Permanent Order number of 23646 was prepared and the erroneous Permanent Order was later revoked.  Both the correct and the erroneous certificates are filed on the applicant’s OMPF, performance portion and the revocation order is filed on his OMPF, service computation portion.

5.  In the processing of this case, an advisory opinion was obtained from the     U. S. Army Enlisted Records and Evaluation Center, which confirmed the filing information and recommended that the applicant’s records be corrected by removing the AAM certificate with Permanent Order number 23651 and the Order number 23651 which revoked that award.

6.  A copy of the advisory opinion was provided to the applicant for comment.  He concurred with the advisory opinion.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The Board concludes that a Government error occurred in this case and that the incorrect AAM certificate and the Order revoking it should be removed from his OMPF.

2.  In view of the foregoing, it would be in the interest of justice to correct the applicant’s records as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by removing the AAM certificate with Permanent Order number 23651 and the Order number 23651 which revoked that award from the applicant’s Official Military Personnel File.

BOARD VOTE:  

__jns___  __emw___  __jea___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			John N. Slone
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000037530	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000406	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.00	
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5.		
6.