PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           19 September 2000 
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000040469

	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. Hubert O. Fry, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. John P. Infante		Member	
	Ms. Regan K. Smith		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 (Report of Separation from the United Forces of the United States) to show award of the Silver Star.

3.  The applicant states that he earned and was awarded the Silver Star but it is not shown on his discharge document.  In support of his application, he submits a copy of his DD Form 214; an award certificate for the Silver Star; a letter from the Acting Adjutant General to his parents dated 19 October 1951; and a newspaper article stating that he was awarded the Silver Star.

4.  The applicant’s military records were destroyed or lost during the National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973.  Records available to the Board were obtained from alternate sources and show that the applicant was inducted on 
28 October 1950.  He served in Korea, was a prisoner of war from 25 April 1951 until 19 August 1953 and was honorably discharged on 28 October 1953.

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 does not show the Silver Star as an authorized award.

6.  The available records contain 3rd Infantry Division General Orders Number 259, dated 6 July 1951, which show the applicant was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action on 25 April 1951 in Korea.  

7.  DA Form 1577 (Authorization for Issuance of Awards), dated 24 October 1988, shows the Army Reserve Personnel Center in St. Louis, Missouri, determined that the applicant was entitled to the Prisoner of War Medal.  This award is not shown on his discharge document. 

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was awarded the Silver Star; therefore, he is entitled to correction of his DD Form 214 to show this medal.

2.  The applicant was awarded the Prisoner of War Medal; therefore, he is entitled to correction of his DD Form 214 to show this medal.

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 showing that the individual concerned was awarded the Silver Star and the Prisoner of War Medal.

BOARD VOTE:  

HOF____  JPI_____  RKS_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Hubert O. Fry, Jr.___
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000040469	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000919	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19531028	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 615-360  	
DISCHARGE REASON	Expiration term of service	
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT PLUS)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.0007	
2.	107.0029	
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.