PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:    

	BOARD DATE:  8 June 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER: AR2000037861

	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:

	Ms. Shirley Powell		Chairperson	
	Mr. Arthur A. Omartian		Member	
	Ms. Lana E. McGlynn		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 entitlement to award of the Purple Heart.

3.  The applicant states that he received wounds on 11 July 1967 near Duc Pho, Vietnam.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Army on            23 February 1966.  He completed his required training and was awarded MOS 11F (Infantry Operations and Intelligence Specialist).  He was promoted to pay grade E-5, effective 26 March 1968.

5.  His DA Form 20 (Enlisted Qualification Record), item 40 (Wounds) indicates “Fragments L/Shoulder, Back 11 July 67”.  He was medivaced from Vietnam and hospitalized in Japan.

6.  On 21 February 1969, he was honorably separated under Army Regulation 635-200, based on the expiration of his term of service.  His DD Form 214 indicates he had 2 years, 11 months and 29 days of creditable service.

7.  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 is sufficient to convince this Board the applicant is entitled to award of the Purple Heart and his records should be corrected accordingly.

2.  He is entitled to award of the Purple Heart, with appropriate orders, and a correction to his DD Form 214 (Report of Discharge) to show this award.

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 showing the individual concerned was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in Vietnam on 11 July 1967.

BOARD VOTE:  

___sp___  ___ao____  __lm____ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________ DENY APPLICATION

		__Shirley Powell____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000037861	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000608	
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	PH	
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