PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:        

	BOARD DATE:             25 January 2001                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR2000040877

	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. Edmund P. Mercanti		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. June Hajjar		Chairperson	
	Ms. Karen A. Heinz		Member	
	Mr. Lester Echols		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 Service Number (SN) be corrected on his DD Form 214, Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge.  He also requests that the period he served in Berlin Germany, and the Army Occupational Medal, Berlin (AOM), be added to his DD Form 214.

3.  The applicant states that these corrections are important to him.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted on active duty on 22 September 1960.  The SN he was assigned on his induction documents is two digits different from the SN that is listed on his DD Form 214.  He was trained as an artillery crewmember and was shipped to Germany on 7 March 1961.  He was assigned to Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery (2/12th FA), which was located at Berlin, Germany, on 8 March 1961.  The applicant’s DA Form 24, Service Record, Section 9 – Medals, Decorations, and Citations, lists the AOM (Germany) being awarded to the applicant on 19 September 1961.  He remained assigned to the 2/12th FA until he completed his induction and was returned to the United States for his release from active duty on 12 September 1962.

5.  The DD Form 214 issued to the applicant, item 26, Decorations, Medals, Badges, Citations and Campaign Ribbons Awarded or Authorized, lists only the Good Conduct Medal.

6.  Army Regulation 600-8-22, paragraph 5-14, states that the AOM, Berlin, is authorized for soldiers stationed in Berlin between 9 May 1945 and 2 October 1990.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant’s records show that he was assigned to Berlin during the time the AOM, Berlin, was authorized, and that he was awarded that medal.  However, it is not listed on his DD Form 214.

2.  While the applicant’s service in Berlin is not listed on his DD Form 214, there is no place on that form designated for overseas service other than general overseas service.  As such, there is no basis to change his DD Form 214 to show that he served in Berlin.

3.  The SN listed on the applicant’s DD Form 214 is obviously in error.

4.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by:

	a.  correcting the DD Form 214 of the individual concerned to show that he was awarded the AOM, Berlin; and

	b.  correcting the SN on his DD Form 214 from US _ _  _ _6  _ _ _ to US  _ _  _ _8  _ _ _ .

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

BOARD VOTE:  

___jh___  ___kah __  ___le ___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___________June Hajjar________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20010125	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.		
2.		
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6.