PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:  7 September 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR2000038373

	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. Paul A. Petty		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Celia L. Adolphi		Chairperson	
	Mr. Thomas B. Redfern		Member	
	Mr. Walter T. Morrison		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, in effect, that he be awarded the following medals and that they be added to his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty): the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB), the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Southwest Asia), the Defense of Saudi Arabia Medal, the Liberation and Defense of Kuwait Medal, the Southwest Asia Cease Fire Medal, and the Shoulder Sleeve Insignia – Former War Time Service.

3.  The applicant’s military records show that that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 7 October 1986.  After completing training, the applicant was awarded the Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) 11C, Indirect Fire Infantryman.  He advanced in rank and on 1 June 1989, was promoted to Sergeant, pay grade 
E-5.

4.  On 2 February 1989, he was assigned to Company B, 3/502d Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell.  He was on temporary duty in Saudi Arabia with his unit from 8 September 1990 to 9 April 1991.  He was honorably released from active duty and transferred to the Army Reserve at the expiration of his term of service on 31 May 1991.

5.  The applicant was awarded the Army Achievement Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon, the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon, the National Defense Service Medal, the Air Assault Badge, the Expert Badge - M-16 Rifle, and the Sharpshooter Badge - Hand Grenade.

6.  The Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) are each authorized according to paragraph 9-20, Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards), for members of the Armed Forces of the U.S. who served in Desert Storm between 17 January and 28 February 1991 in one of the following land areas of Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. 

7.  The Southwest Asia Service Medal (SWASM) is awarded according to paragraph 2-14, Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards), for service on or after 2 August 1990 in the land areas of Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.  A bronze service star is authorized for service in each of three campaigns: Defense of Saudi Arabia (2 April 1990 through 15 January 1991), Liberation and Defense of Kuwait (17 January 1991through 11 April 1991), and Southwest Asia Cease-Fire (12 April 1991 through 30 November 1995).

8.  According to Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards), the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) is awarded to a soldier with an infantry MOS who is assigned or attached to an infantry, ranger, or special forces unit of brigade, regimental, or smaller size during any period that such unit was engaged in active ground combat with the enemy.  The soldier must have been personally present and under hostile fire while serving in an assigned infantry or special forces primary duty, in a unit actively engaged in ground combat with the enemy.

9.  Army Regulation 670-1 (Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia) provides information on the authorization and wear of the Shoulder Sleeve Insignia – Former Wartime Service.  Soldiers who served in Desert Storm during the period 17 January 1991 to 31 August 1993 are authorized to wear their wartime unit insignia on their right sleeve.  Orders are not required for the wear of this insignia nor is this item entered on the DD Form 214.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Based on the applicant’s service dates and unit of assignment in Southwest Asia during Desert Shield and Desert Storm, he is authorized the following awards: the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia), the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait), the Southwest Asia Service Medal (SWASM) with 2 bronze service stars for the Defense of Saudi Arabia and the Liberation and Defense of Kuwait campaigns.  The applicant departed Southwest Asia on 9 April 1991 prior to the Southwest Asia Cease-Fire  campaign (12 April 1991 through 30 November 1995) and is not authorized a service star for that campaign.  The Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) are foreign awards and not provided by the U. S. Government.  They must be purchased by the applicant from commercial sources.

2.  There is no document or evidence that the applicant was awarded the CIB by orders from his command.  There is no evidence that he was personally present and under hostile fire while serving in an assigned infantry or special forces primary duty, in a unit actively engaged in ground combat with the enemy.

3.  The Shoulder Sleeve Insignia – Former Wartime Service is not recorded on the DD Form 214 nor awarded by orders.  No correction of records is required for the applicant to wear the unit insignia of his Desert Storm unit to show his Former Wartime Service in Desert Storm.  Army Regulation 670-1 provide information on the wear of the Shoulder Sleeve Insignia – Former Wartime Service.

4.  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 for the individual concerned by:

	a.  showing that he was awarded Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia), the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait), the Southwest Asia Service Medal (SWASM) with two bronze service stars for the Defense of Saudi Arabia and the Liberation and Defense of Kuwait campaigns; and

	b.  providing him with the Southwest Asia Service Medal (SWASM) with 
two bronze service stars for the Defense of Saudi Arabia and the Liberation and Defense of Kuwait campaigns.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

__ca___  __tr___  ___wm___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__Celia L. Adolphi___
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000038373	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000907	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE	20000907	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	PART	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.107	Awards and Decorations	
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.