PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:

	BOARD DATE:            3 August 2000     
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000042705

	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 award of two Army Achievement Medals and the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) Medal.  

3.  He states that he was deployed to the MFO in July 1995 and again in January 1996, but never received documentation confirming the award.  

4.  Records available to the Board indicate the applicant entered active duty on 
7 June 1994 and was released from active duty on 3 October 1998.  

5.  He was awarded an Army Achievement Medal for the period 7 April through 28 April 1997 and an Army Achievement Medal for the period 9 December 1994 through 11 August 1998.  Both awards were confirmed in orders issued at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, but neither award was recorded on the applicant’s DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty).

6.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 states that the Multinational Force and Observers Medal was established in March 1982 and awarded to personnel who served a minimum of 170 days (cumulative) with the MFO after 15 March 1985.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant was awarded two Army Achievement Medals that were omitted from his DD Form 214.

2.  There is, however, no evidence, and the applicant does not provide any, that he was deployed to the MFO for a cumulative total of at least 170 days.  He provides no evidence of additional duty pay based on such a deployment, no temporary duty or deployment orders, nor any statements from formed commanders or unit personnel which confirm his periods of deployment.  In the absence of such evidence there is no basis on which to award the applicant the MFO 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 by showing that he was awarded two Army Achievement Medals.

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	AR2000042705	
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	
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.