PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            24 October 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000043087

	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. Wanda L. Waller		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Margaret K. Patterson 		Chairperson	
	Mr. Edwin S. Castle  		Member	
	Mr. John T. Meixell		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, two awards of the National Defense Service Medal (NDSM) and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (AFEM).  He also requests that his military records be corrected to show any other awards to which he may be entitled. 

3.  The applicant’s request for the issuance of service medals and their orders was addressed by separate correspondence to the applicant.

4.  The applicant states, in effect, that he was never given the orders for his two awards of the NDSM, only the Department of the Army message.  He also contends that the criteria for awarding the AFEM was not decided prior to his retirement.  In support of his application, he submits an excerpt from the American Endeavor dated 28 November 1997. 

5.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted on 14 February 1978 and completed over 20 years of active duty on 31 May 1998 when he retired in the rank of master sergeant.

6.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 does not show any award of the NDSM or the AFEM as authorized awards. The Board notes that the Armed Forces Service Medal is shown as an authorized award. 

7.  Item 18 (Remarks) on the applicant’s DD Form 214 shows that he served in Bosnia from 8 August 1996 to 16 February 1997.

8.  Review of the applicant’s records and Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) does not reveal entitlement to any additional awards.

9.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, that the National Defense Service Medal is awarded for honorable active service for any period between 27 July 1950 through 27 July 1954, 1 January 1961 through 14 August 1974, and 2 August 1990 through 30 November 1995.  The regulation provides that the second award of the National Defense Service Medal is denoted by a bronze service star affixed to the service ribbon.

10.  Army Personnel Command Message Number 99-100 (with a Date/Time Group of 121605Z March 1999) authorized award of both the Armed Forces Service Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, as a one-time exception to Department of Defense and Service policy, for qualifying service in support of Operations Joint Endeavor and Joint Guard in the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina.  This exception allowed both service medals to be presented to personnel deployed in Bosnia-Herzegovina, aboard naval vessels operating in the Adriatic Sea and their respective air spaces during the period 1 June 1992 to 19 December 1996 (Operation Joint Endeavor) and during the period
20 December 1996 to 20 June 1998 (Operation Joint Guard).  The exception also allowed only one award of each service medal for service in either or both Operation Joint Endeavor and Operation Joint Guard.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Although the applicant contends that he is entitled to two awards of the NDSM, evidence of record shows that he served one period of qualifying service (2 August 1990 to 30 November 1995) for entitlement to one award of the NDSM. Therefore, the applicant is entitled to correction of his military records to show one award of the NDSM. 

2.  The applicant served in Bosnia from 8 August 1996 to 16 February 1997 and was awarded the Armed Forces Service Medal.  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his military records to show award of the AFEM.

3.  In view of the foregoing findings and conclusions, it would be appropriate to correct the applicant’s records, but only as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing that the individual concerned was awarded the National Defense Service Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

MKP____  ESC____  JTM____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Margaret K. Patterson_
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000043087	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20001024	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19980531	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 35-2000 Chapter 12	
DISCHARGE REASON	Sufficient Service for Retirement	
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.0069	
2.	107.0072	
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.