PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            11 May 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000038177

	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	
	Ms. Deborah L. Brantley		Senior Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. James M. Alward		Member	
	Mr. Christopher J. Prosser		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 award of the Combat Infantryman Badge.  He states he was in combat in Vietnam and should have been awarded the badge.

3.  Records indicate the applicant served on active duty between April 1966 and January 1969.  He performed duties as an infantryman (specialty 11B) in Korea and Vietnam where he was awarded the Vietnam Service Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.  Although his unit of assignment in Vietnam cannot be confirmed he was assigned to an infantry battalion while in Korea.

4.  There are basically three requirements for award of the Combat Infantryman Badge.  The soldier must be an infantryman (11 series specialty), assigned to an infantry unit during such time as the unit is engaged in active ground combat, and must have actively participated in such ground combat.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  While the evidence confirms that the applicant served as an infantryman while in Vietnam it is unclear if he was assigned to an infantry unit during that period.  However, the Board concludes that in all probability the applicant would have been assigned to an infantry unit and as such should be awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge.

2.  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 awarding the individual concerned the Combat Infantryman Badge. 

BOARD VOTE:  

________  ________  ________  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

___rvo__  ___jma__  ___cjp__  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000038177	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000511	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	Deny	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.00	
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