PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           11 July 2000      
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000039106

	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. Wanda L. Waller		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond J. Wagner		Chairperson	
	Mr. John Saputo		Member	
	Mr. Roger Able		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 correction of his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to show his Southwest Asia service and the Southwest Asia Service Medal (SWASM).

3.  The applicant states that his DD Form 214 does not show his Persian Gulf service or the SWASM.  In support of his application, he submits a copy of his DA Form 2-1 (Personnel Qualification Record); a copy of his DD Form 214; and a copy of DA Form 2496 (Disposition Form) dated 30 April 1991.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted on 22 July 1981, served as a multichannel communications systems operator and was honorably discharged on 13 May 1991.  

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 does not show any Southwest Asia service or the SWASM as an authorized award.

6.  The Defense Manpower Desert Shield/Desert Storm Data Base shows the applicant served in Southwest Asia from 16 August 1990 through 1 April 1991, a total of 7 months and 16 days.

7.  Item 5 (Oversea Service) on the applicant’s DA Form 2-1 shows he served in Germany from 18 April 1983 through 9 April 1988, a total of 5 years and 22 days. Item 12f (Foreign Service) on his DD Form 214 shows 5 years and 22 days of foreign service.  

8.  The Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) compiled the Desert Shield/Storm Data Base.  The primary Desert Shield/Storm file contains one record for each active duty member who participated in-theater between 2 August 1990 and 31 July 1991 and one record for each Reservist, National Guard member or retiree who was activated or federalized in response to Desert Shield/Desert Storm.  For Reservists and Guard members the file includes those persons activated or federalized from 2 August 1990 through 31 December 1991. A Phase II file lists active duty personnel who served in-theater between 1 August 1991 and 31 December 1993.  There are also separate files covering calendar years 1994 and 1995.

9.  Army Regulation 635-5 establishes the standardized policy for preparing and distributing the DD Form 214.  In pertinent part, it directs that foreign service performed during the period covered by the DD Form will be entered in item 12f.  The regulation also states that the amount of foreign service will be taken from the soldier’s Enlisted Qualification Record or, if necessary, verified from the soldier’s Military Personnel Records Jacket.  However, for service in Southwest Asia, Department of the Army issued guidance that service in a temporary duty status in that theater would not be reported as foreign service unless for a period longer than 6 months and that Southwest Asia service would be reported in item 18 (Remarks) of the DD Form 214.

10.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) provides that service in the Persian Gulf War is to be recognized by award of the Southwest Asia Service Medal (SWASM) to Army members who participated in Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm in the designated area on or after 2 August 1990.  A bronze service star is authorized for the Defense of Saudi Arabia (2 August 1990 to
16 January 1991) and the Liberation and Defense of Kuwait (17 January to 
11 April 1991), and the Cease-fire Campaign (12 April 1991 to 30 October 1995).

11.  The Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
(KLM-SA) was approved on 3 January 1992 and is awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who participated in the Persian Gulf War between 17 January 1991 and 28 February 1991.

12.  The Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Government of Kuwait (KLM-K) was approved on 9 November 1995 and is awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who participated in the Persian Gulf War between 2 August 1990 and 31 August 1993.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant served in Southwest Asia from 16 August 1990 to 1 April 1991 and participated in two campaigns.  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his DD Form 214 to show his Southwest Asia service in items 12f (Foreign Service) and 18 (Remarks).  The applicant is also entitled to award of the SWASM with two bronze service stars, the KLM-SA and the KLM-K.

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: 

	a.  by deleting the entry “05 00 22” in item 12f (Foreign Service) on the DD Form 214 of the individual concerned; and

b.  by adding the entry “05 08 08” in item 12f (Foreign Service) on the DD Form 214; 

c.  by showing the entry “Service in Southwest Asia 900816 to 910401” in item 18 (Remarks) on his DD Form 214; and

d.  by showing the entries “Southwest Asia Service Medal with two bronze service stars”, “Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” and “Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Government of Kuwait” in item 13 (Decorations, Medals, Badges, Citations and Campaign Ribbons Awarded or Authorized) on his DD Form 214.
	
BOARD VOTE:  

RJW____  JS______  RA_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Raymond J. Wagner_____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000039106	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000711	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19910513	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 635-200 Chapter 4  	
DISCHARGE REASON	Expiration term of service	
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.0074	
2.	107.0089	
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.