PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:  9 January 2001
	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR2000042716

	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. Joyce A. Wright		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Mark D. Manning		Chairperson	
	Mr. Curtis L. Greenway		Member	
	Mr. Eric N. Andersen		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 award of the Combat Infantryman Badge.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that his armored personnel carrier was used as a scout vehicle particularly in several operations, was disabled twice by mines and came under fire.

4.  The applicant's military records show he was inducted on 23 November 1964 as a indirect fire crewman (11C).  He served in Vietnam from 4 January 1966 to 10 November 1966 and was honorably discharged on 12 November 1966.

5.  His discharge document does not show the Combat Infantryman Badge as
an authorized award.

6.  There are no orders in the applicant’s personnel records, which show that he was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge.  The applicant’s DA Form 20 (Enlisted Qualification Record) shows he served as a indirect fire crewman
(11C) in an armored cavalry unit in combat during his service in Vietnam.

7.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, that the Combat Infantryman Badge is awarded to infantry officers and to enlisted and warrant officers persons who have an infantry MOS.  They must have served in active ground combat while assigned or attached to an infantry unit of brigade, regimental or smaller size.  The Awards Branch of the Total Army Personnel Command has advised, in similar cases. that during the Vietnam era the Combat Infantryman Badge was awarded only to enlisted individuals who held and served in MOS 11B, 11C, 11F, 11G, or 11H.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows the applicant served as a indirect fire crewman (11C) in an armored cavalry unit in combat while serving in Vietnam.  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show that he was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge.

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 showing that the individual concerned was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge.

BOARD VOTE:  

___mm__  __ea__  ___cg____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__Mark D. Manning__
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000042716	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20010109	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19661112	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 635-200	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
 		
ISSUES         1.  157		
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