PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:  10 August 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR2000039920

	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. Lee Cates		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Mark D. Manning		Chairperson	
	Ms. Karen A. Heinz		Member	
	Mr. John Saputo		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 records be corrected to show entitlement to award of the Purple Heart.

3.  The applicant states that he was wounded in action (WIA) in Korea but never received the Purple Heart.

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

5.  On 9 February 1951, he was inducted into the Army of the United States.

6.  During an unspecified period of time, totaling 11 months and 1 day, he served in Korea or the adjacent waters.

7.  Medical records show that at 1600 hours, on 6 October 1951, he received a GSW to the lower right leg in action against an organized enemy on Hill 867, in Korea.  During the period 7 through 9 October 1951, he was medically evacuated through various MASH units, hospitals and hospital trains until arriving at the Naval hospital ship Consolation, where he was evacuated to the United States.

8.  On 13 November 1952, he was honorably separated, in the rank of corporal.  His report of separation indicates he had 1 year, 9 months and 5 days of creditable service.

9.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, that the Purple Heart is awarded for a wound sustained as a result of hostile action. Substantiating evidence must be provided to verify that the wound was the result of hostile action, the wound must have required treatment by a medical officer, and the medical treatment must have been made a matter of official record.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record clearly shows his entitlement to award of the Purple Heart and his records should be corrected accordingly.

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 awarding the individual concerned the Purple Heart for wounds received in action on 6 October 1951, in Korea.

BOARD VOTE:  

__mm___  __kh___  __js___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__Mark D. Manning__
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000039920	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000810	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(NC, GRANT , DENY, GRANT PLUS)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.107	PH	
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