PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:           9 November 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000042038

	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. Robert J. McGowan		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Jennifer L. Prater 		Chairperson	
	Mr. Orville W. Troesch Jr.		Member	
	Ms. Barbara J. Lutz 		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 show that he was awarded the Purple Heart.

3.  The applicant states that he was wounded in Korea during the Korean War, but he did not receive his Purple Heart.

4.  The applicant's military records were lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973.  Information herein was obtained from alternate sources.  It shows that the applicant served in Korea during the Korean War as an infantryman assigned to Company L, 14th Infantry Regiment.  On 17 October 1952, he received shell fragment wounds to his right ankle, and left leg and thigh.  He was evacuated to the 11th Evacuation Hospital for treatment.

5.  The applicant's DD Form 214, Report of Separation From The Armed Forces of the United States, lists his wounds, but does not show the award of the Purple Heart.

6.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, that the Purple Heart 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 applicant served as an infantryman during the Korean War.  On 17 October 1952, he was wounded in action and his wounds were treated by medical personnel.

2.  The applicant's DD Form 214 lists his wounds, but does not show that he was awarded the Purple Heart.

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 Purple Heart for wounds received in combat on 17 October 1952.

BOARD VOTE:  

__jlp____  __owt___  __bjl ____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000042038	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20001109	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY	DASA	
ISSUES         1.	107.0015	
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