PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:          7 December 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR2000040791

	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. Rosa M. Chandler		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. John P. Infante		Member	
	Mr. Ernest W. Lutz Jr.		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 Item 13 (Decorations, Medals, Badges, Citations and Campaign Ribbons Awarded or Authorized) on her DD Form 
214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) be corrected to show that she served in Operation Just Cause from December 1989-January 1990.

3.  The applicant states that this service was omitted from her DD Form 214.  She submits a copy of her DD Form 214, a memorandum from the Department of the Army, Headquarters, 35th Signal Brigade (CORPS) (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina, dated 1 February 1990, and a certificate that she received as a result of her participation in Operation Just Cause in support of her request.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that she served honorably in the Regular Army from 21 April 1989 until she was released and transferred to the USAR Control Group, St. Louis on 6 September 1990.

5.  The certificate that the applicant submitted shows that she served in Operation Just Cause from 20 December 1989-20 January 1990.  This foreign service equals 1 month.

6.  The applicant’s DD Form 214, in Item 13, shows that she was entitled to award of the Army Service Ribbon, the Army Lapel Button and the M16 Expert Badge.

7.  Her DD Form 214 does not show that she served in Panama in Operation Just Cause nor does her DD Form 214 show foreign service in Item 12f, or that she was entitled to award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (AFEM).

8.  The applicant’s unit failed to appropriately record her overseas/foreign service on her DD Form 2-1 (Personnel Qualification Record). 

9.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) provides, in pertinent part, for award of the AFEM for qualifying service after 1 July 1958 in U.S. military operations, U.S. operations in direct support of the United Nations, and U.S. operations of assistance for friendly foreign nations.  Qualifying service for this award includes participation in Panama in support of Operation Just Cause from December 1989 through January 1990.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant is entitled to correction of her records to show that she served in Operation Just Cause.  

2.  Item 12f of the applicant’s DD Form 214 should be corrected to show that her foreign service equals 1 month.

3.  The Board also determined that the applicant should be awarded the AFEM for her service in Panama during Operation Just Cause from 20 December 
1989-20 January 1990.

4.  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 showing in Item 12f that the individuals foreign service equals 
1 month;

b.  by showing in Item 13 of the DD Form 214 of the individual concerned that she was awarded the AFEM; and

c.  by showing in Item 18 (Remarks) AFEM (Panama-Operation Just 
Cause from 20 December 1989-20 January 1990).

BOARD VOTE:  

__rvo___  __jpi____  __ewl____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__Raymond V. O’Connor Jr._
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000040791	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20001207	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19900906	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 635-200	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES        1.  	107.0072	
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.		

6.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 shows that he served in Bosnia from 2 March 1996 to 13 November 1996.

7.  A DD Form 215 (Correction to DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) was issued on 9 November 1998 amending the applicant’s DD Form 214 to show award of the Army Achievement Medal and the 
Good Conduct Medal.

Army Personnel Command Message with a Date/Time Group of 121605Z
March 1999 authorized awarded of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for
Service in support of Operations Joint Endeavor from 1 June 1992 to
19 December 1996 and Joint Guard from 20 December 1996 to 20 June 1998 
in the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina.