SUPPLEMENTAL PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      

	BOARD DATE:           2 March 2000   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000037585

	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.  A quorum was present during the further consideration and deliberation.  The findings appearing in proceedings dated 16 September 1999 were affirmed.  The following additional findings, conclusions, and recommendation were adopted by the Board.

	Mr. Karl F. Schneider		Director, Army Review Boards Agency	
	Ms. Wanda L. Waller  		Analyst	

	The Board convened at the call of the Director on the above date to reconsider the conclusions and recommendation appearing in proceedings dated 16 September 1999.

	Mr. Edwin S. Castle		Chairperson	
	Mr. Stanley Kelley		Member	
	Ms. Kathleen A. Newman 		Member	

	The applicant and counsel, if any, did not appear before the Board.

	The Board considered the following additional evidence:

	Exhibit C – 16 September 1999 Board Proceedings

THE BOARD ADDITIONALLY FINDS:

9.  On 23 February 2000 the Board identified that an award was missing from the original findings of the Board’s 16 September 1999 decision and elected to correct the applicant’s records to show award of the Combat Infantryman Badge.

10.  The applicant’s personnel records show that his military occupational specialty (MOS) was 11B (light weapons infantryman) and that he was assigned to an infantry company while serving in combat in Vietnam.

11.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) provides, in pertinent part, that the Combat Infantryman Badge is awarded to infantry officers and to enlisted and warrant officer persons who have an infantry MOS.  They must have served in active ground combat while assigned or attached to an infantry unit of brigade, regimental or smaller size.  The Awards Branch of the Total Army Personnel Command has advised, in similar cases, that during the Vietnam era the Combat Infantryman Badge was awarded only to enlisted individuals who held and served in MOS 11B, 11C, 11F, 11G, or 11H.

THE BOARD ADDITIONALLY CONCLUDES: 

4.  At the time of the Board’s 16 September 1999 decision in this case, it was the intent of the Board to make the applicant’s record as administratively correct as it should properly have been at the time.

5.  Evidence of record shows the applicant served in an infantry MOS while assigned to an infantry company in combat in Vietnam. 

6.  In view of the additional factors in this case, the ABCMR Proceeding, dated 16 September 1999, should be amended to show award of the Combat Infantryman Badge.

7.  In view of the foregoing findings and conclusions, it would be appropriate to amend the ABCMR Proceedings, dated 16 September 1999, in the case of the applicant as recommended below. 

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by amending the Board’s recommendation appearing in the proceedings, dated        

16 September 1999, to show that the individual concerned was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge.

BOARD VOTE:

ESC____  SK_____  KAN_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Edwin S. Castle_______
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000037585	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000302	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19720302	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 635-200 Paragraph 5-3	
DISCHARGE REASON	Separation for other good and sufficient reason when determined by Secretarial authority.	
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.0111	
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