PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:  17 August 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR2000041390

	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:

	Ms. Sherri V. Ward		Chairperson	
	Ms. Linda D. Simmons		Member	
	Mr. Melvin H. Meyer		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 (PH).

3.  The applicant states that he was wounded in action (WIA), in Vietnam.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that, after serving for 9 months and     14 days active duty, he reenlisted in the Army on 10 April 1968.  He had completed his required training and was awarded military occupational specialty 67G (U-8/U-21 Aircraft Repairman).  

5.  AGPZ Form 67 (Wounded – Report of Casualties resulting from hostile action – Vietnam), indicates that on 22 May 1968, during a mortar assault, he was WIA.

6.  On 8 January 1971, he was honorably separated.  His separation document indicates he had 2 years, 8 months and 29 days of creditable service.

7. Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, that the PH 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, and the medical treatment must have been made a matter of official record.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows the applicant was WIA and he is entitled to award of the PH.

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 PH for wounds received on 22 May 1968. 

BOARD VOTE:  

__sw___  __ls____  __mm____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__Sherri V. Ward____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000041390	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000817	
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	
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.