PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           15 June 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000039508

	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.  

	Mrs. Nancy Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Orville W. Troesch, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Ms. Kathleen A. Newman		Member	
	Ms. Margaret V. Thompson		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 DD Form 214, Report of Separation be corrected by adding the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) to item 27 and by changing item 28 to read Company K, 1st Platoon, 32d Infantry Regiment,         7th Infantry Division, Korea.

3.  The applicant makes no statement.  He provides his DD Form 214, a training certificate, an assignment order, and an order awarding him the CIB as supporting evidence.

4.  The applicant’s military records were lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center fire in 1973.  The information contained herein was obtained from documents provided by the applicant.

5.  The applicant was inducted into the Army on 7 August 1952.  He was assigned to Korea on an unknown date.  Special Orders Number 36, Headquarters, 32d Infantry Regiment dated 17 February 1953 show he was assigned to Company K, 32d Infantry Regiment (7th Infantry Division) effective that date.  He held primary military occupational specialty 1745 (Light Weapons Infantryman).  Special Orders Number 104, Headquarters, 32d Infantry Regiment dated 9 May 1953 award the applicant the CIB.  

6.  On 7 May 1954, the applicant was released from active duty from Camp Carson, CO.  His DD Form 214, item 5 shows his specialty as “NA,” item 27 does not show the CIB, and item 28 shows Company I 155th Infantry, Camp      Carson, CO.

7.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides for the award of the Combat Infantryman Badge to a soldier who is an infantryman satisfactorily performing infantry duties, who is assigned to an infantry unit during such time as the unit is engaged in active ground combat, and must actively participate in such ground combat.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows the applicant was awarded the CIB and that he was assigned to Company K, 32d Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, Korea. (There is no evidence to show which platoon he was assigned to.)  The Board agrees with the applicant’s contention that this was a more significant duty assignment than Company I, 155th Infantry, Camp Carson, CO.

2.  The Board also notes that item 5 of his DD Form 214 should reflect his specialty as 1745, not “NA.”

3.  In view of the foregoing, it would be in the interest of justice to correct the applicant’s records as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by changing the applicant’s DD Form 214, item 5 to read 1745; item  27 to add the Combat Infantryman Badge; and item 28 to read Company K, 32d Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, Korea.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

__owt___  __kan___  __mvt___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Orville W. Troesch, Jr.
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000039508	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000615	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.00	
2.	110.04	
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.