PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            19 October 2000   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR200042069

	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:

	Ernest W. Lutz		Chairperson	
	Christopher J. Prosser		Member	
	Tracey L. Pinson		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 his records be corrected to reflect entitlement to the Combat Infantryman Badge, that he was separated in pay grade E-4 and that his primary specialty (PMOS) was 11B and his secondary specialty (SMOS) was 11C.  He also notes that he was awarded the Air Medal.  In support of his request he submits copies of orders awarding him the Combat Infantryman Badge and promoting him to pay grade E-4. 

3.  Attempts to locate the applicant's military personnel file were unsuccessful.  As such information contained herein was reconstructed entirely from documents provided by the applicant.  Information available to the Board indicates the applicant entered active duty on 20 January 1971 and served in Vietnam between 29 August 1971 and 20 March 1972.  He was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge on 23 November 1971.

4.  Documents provided by the applicant indicate that his specialty was 11B at the time his name was placed on a "promotion standing list" on 1 January 1972.  That document also indicates that the applicant was promoted to pay grade E-3 on 31 August 1971.  However, orders promoting him to pay grade E-4 on 
4 March 1972 indicate he was promoted in specialty 11C.

5.  The applicant was released from active duty on 23 March 1972.  His DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge) does not reflect entitlement to the Combat Infantryman Badge or the Air Medal.  The document also indicates that the applicant was released in pay grade E-3 and that his specialty was 11C.  Contrary to information contained on the promotion standing list, the applicant's date of rank (for pay grade E-3) is recorded as 
3 December 1971 on his separation report and the award date for his 11C specialty is reflected as 6 August 1971.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  There are clearly inconsistencies between documents provided by the applicant and information contained on his DD Form 214.  Based on the available evidence, however, the Board is able to confirm that the applicant was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge and he was promoted to pay grade E-4 in specialty 11C on 4 March 1972.

2.  There is no evidence which confirms the applicant was awarded the Air Medal and there if insufficient evidence to confirm whether the applicant was initially trained in specialty 11C and subsequently only performed duties in specialty 11B or if 11B was at some point the applicant's PMOS.  The fact that his DD Form 214 indicates a PMOS of 11C and that he was promoted to pay grade E-4 in that specialty tends to support a conclusion that the applicant's PMOS was always 11C and that he may have merely performed duties in specialty 11B but it was not his PMOS.  The absence of additional records makes it impossible to determine with any certainty what the applicant’s PMOS was and as such the Board is reluctant to make any corrections in that area.

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 was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge; and

b.  by showing that he was separated in pay grade E-4 with a date of rank of 4 March 1972.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

__cjp___  ___tlp__  ____ewl_  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000042069	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20001019	
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.	110.00	
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3.		
4.		
5.		
6.