PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:           3 October 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000039170

	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
Mr. David H. Keller		Director
Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. John N. Slone		Chairperson	
	Mr. Raymond J. Wagner		Member	
	Mr. Richard T. Dunbar		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 his WD AGO Form 53-55 (Report of Separation) be corrected to show his battles and campaigns.

3.  The applicant states that he was wounded on 12 January 1945 at the Battle of the Bulge; that he was shot in the arm and his helmet shattered in his face and neck.  He wants his discharge document corrected for VA (Department of Veterans Affairs) purposes.

4.  The applicant’s military records were lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973.  Information herein was obtained from reconstructed personnel records.

5.  The applicant was inducted and entered active service on 13 February 1943.  He served in the European Theater from 29 November 1943 to 1 February 1945 and participated in four campaigns.

6.  Based on an application for correction of military records that the applicant submitted in May 1990, the Army Reserve Personnel Center (ARPERCEN) prepared a correction to his WD AGO Form 53-55 to show that he was awarded the Purple Heart, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with three Bronze Battle Stars, American Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal and the Good Conduct Medal; that he was wounded in action by a gun shot wound (arm) on 12 January 1945; and that he was a member of Troop D, 4th Cavalry, from March 1943 through January 1944.

7.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 authorizes award of a bronze service star, based on qualifying service, for each campaign listed in Appendix B of this regulation and states that authorized service stars will be worn on the appropriate service medal.  

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant served in four campaigns during his service in World War II:  Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland and Ardennes-Alsace.  He is entitled to four Bronze Service Stars with his European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal.

2.  An administrative error was made by ARPERCEN in the preparation of the correction to the applicant’s WD AGO Form 53-55 by omitting the campaigns under which he served during World War II.

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:

     a.  showing that the individual concerned served in four campaigns:  Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland and Ardennes-Alsace; and

     b.  awarding him four Bronze Service Stars with his European-African-Middle
Eastern Campaign Medal.

BOARD VOTE:  

__jns____  __rjw___  __rtd____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		      __John N. Slone___
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000039170	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20001003	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.00	
2.	110.00	
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.