PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      

	BOARD DATE:           22 August 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000038888

	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. W. E. Schnupp		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Edward Williamson		Chairperson	
	Ms. Margaret V. Thompson		Member	
	Mr. Kenneth W. Lapin		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 record be corrected to show that he was awarded the Purple Heart.

3.  The applicant states that he received a shrapnel wound in the neck in October 1951 while in Korea but was never awarded the Purple Heart.

4.  In support of his request, he has provided a copy of his separation document (DD Form 214).

5.  The applicant’s military records were lost or destroyed in the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center.  Information herein was derived from document submitted by the applicant.

6.  His DD Form 214 shows that he was inducted on 28 November 1950 and served approximately 10 months in Korea.  He was honorably separated to the Enlisted Reserve Corps on 27 August 1952 in the grade of corporal. 

7.  His awards include the Korean Service Medal with One-Bronze Service Star, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Army of Occupation Medal (Japan) and the United Nations Service Medal.  The Purple Heart is not reflected as an authorized award.

8.  Item 29 (wounds received as a result of action with enemy forces) of his      DD Form 214 contains the entry, SFW, right arm and neck, Oct 51.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The entry on the applicant’s DD Form 214 relating to shell fragment wounds to the right arm and neck establishes that he was wounded as a result of enemy action and is entitled to the Purple Heart.

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:

	a.  showing that the individual concerned was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in Korea in 1951; and 

	b.  issuing a correction to his DD Form 214 reflecting the above mention award.

BOARD VOTE:  

__ew____  ___mvt _  __kwl ___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_________Edward Williamson___
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000038888	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000822	
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.  107.00		
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