PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            14 September 2000 
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000042249

	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. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Ms. Margaret K. Patterson		Member	
	Mr. Elzey J. Arledge, Jr.		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 DD Form 214 (Report of Separation from the Armed Forces of the United States) be corrected to reflect entitlement to the Purple Heart.

3.  Records available to the Board indicate the applicant was wounded as a result of hostile action on 29 June 1952 near Yonchon, North Korea.  He was awarded the Purple Heart on 6 August 1990.  His 15 September 1952 DD Form 214 does not reflect entitlement to the Purple Heart and item 29 (wounds received as a result of action with enemy forces) reflects "NONE."

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant was wounded as a result of hostile actions on 29 June 1952 near Yonchon, North Korea and subsequently awarded the Purple Heart.  As such it would be appropriate to correct his separation report accordingly.

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:

a.  by showing that the individual concerned was awarded a Purple Heart for wounds sustained as a result of hostile action while in Korea on 29 June 1952; and

b.  by showing in block 29 on his DD Form 214 that he was wounded on 
26 June 1952 near Yonchon, North Korea.

BOARD VOTE:  

__rvo___  ___mkp__  ____eja_  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000042249	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000914	
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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6.