PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            3 August 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000041347

	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. Deborah L. Brantley		Senior Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. John N. Slone		Chairperson	
	Mr. Calvin M. Fowler		Member	
	Mr. Edwin s. Castle		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 military records be corrected to reflect “1 or 2 battle stars.”  He notes that he asked that his “certificate of service” be corrected in 1946 because he received “5 points” for one battle star.  He notes that he was part of the 417th Field Artillery Group which “participated in shelling German forces across the Rhine River for about three weeks.”

3.  Records available to the Board indicate the applicant entered active duty in October 1940 and was assigned overseas with the 417th Field Artillery Group between February and August 1945.  He was separated from active duty on 
4 February 1946.  His WD AGO Form 53-55 (Military Record and Report of Separation Certificate of Service) notes he was awarded the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal and the American Defense Service Medal.

4.  A review of Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-1 (Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register) notes the applicant’s unit (417th Field Artillery Group) was credited with participating in one designated campaign (Central Europe) during the applicant’s period of assignment.  The unit was also awarded the Army of Occupation Medal for the period 20 May through 5 July 1945.

5.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 states that a bronze service star is awarded to denote participation in designated campaign periods.  It also notes that soldiers who served in the European Theater during the occupation of Europe will wear a clasp inscribed “Germany” on their Army of Occupation Medal.

6.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 also states that the World War II Victory Medal was established in July 1945 and awarded for service between 7 December 1941 and 31 December 1946.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant did participate in one campaign period during World War II and as such the applicant is entitled to one bronze service star on his European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal.

2.  The evidence also confirms that the applicant is entitled to the Army of Occupation Medal with “Germany” clasp and the World War II Victory Medal.

3.  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:
	a.  by showing that the individual concerned is entitled to one bronze service star on his European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal; and

	b.  by showing that he is entitled to the Army of Occupation Medal with “Germany” clasp and the World War II Victory Medal.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

___cmf__  ___jns__  __esc___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000041347	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000803	
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.	107.00	
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5.		
6.