PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:     

	BOARD DATE:           21 December 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000043469

	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	
	Mr. W. E. Schnupp		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Karol A. Kennedy		Chairperson	
	Ms. Gail J. Wire		Member	
	Mr. Ernest W. Lutz, 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 he be awarded the Purple Heart.

3.  The applicant states that he would like a Purple Heart because of wounds he received in combat.  In support of his request, he submits a copy of his DD Form 214 (Report of Separation) and a copy of a telegram sent to his mother notifying her that he had been wounded in Korea.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted on 29 June 1951, served with the 279th Infantry in Korea for 7 months and was honorably released to the Enlisted Reserve Corps on 30 March 1953 in the grade of corporal.

5.  His awards include the Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal with 2 Bronze Service Stars, the Combat Infantryman Badge and the United Nations Service Medal.  The DD Form 214 does not reflect award of the Purple Heart.

6.  Block 29 (wounds received as a result of action with enemy forces) of his     DD Form 214 shows that he was wounded in the right knee in North Korea on     9 June 1952.

7.  Information obtained from Hospital Admission Cards maintained by the Office of the Surgeon General substantiates that the applicant was admitted to an Evacuation Hospital in Korea on 10 June 1952 for treatment of a shell fragment wound to the right knee which was the result of enemy action.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows that the applicant suffered a combat related injury to the right knee in Korea on 9 June 1952 and is entitled to the Purple Heart for that injury.

2.  Additionally, since his record does not show that all of the awards to which he is entitled are reflected on his DD Form 214, he should be issued a DD Form 215 (Correction to DD Form 214) reflecting all of his awards.

3.  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: 

a.  showing that the individual concerned was awarded the Purple Heart for a wound received in action in Korea on 9 June 1952; and
b.  issuing to him a DD Form 215 showing all of the awards to which he is entitled.

BOARD VOTE:  

___kka__  ____gjw_  ___ewl __  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__________Karol A. Kennedy________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000043469	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20001221	
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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