PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           28 September 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000043582

	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	
	Mrs. Nancy Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. Ernest M. Willcher		Member	
	Mr. Donald P. Hupman, 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 Report of Transfer or Discharge, DD Form 214, be corrected to add his Bronze Star Medal (BSM) and to show his correct foreign service time.

3.  The applicant states that he has located his BSM orders and that he was in Vietnam for 9 months and 17 days, not for 5 months and 11 days.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 4 January 1967.  

5.  The applicant was ordered to report to the U. S. Army Overseas Replacement Station, Oakland, CA on 24 February 1968.  His Personnel Qualification Record, DA Form 20, shows he was assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry on 13 March 1968.  General Orders 109, Headquarters, 101st Airborne Division dated 7 January 1969 awarded the applicant the BSM.  He was assigned to U. S. Army Hospital, Camp Zama, Japan on 25 December 1968.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence shows the applicant was awarded the BSM.

2.  The evidence of record shows the applicant was assigned to Vietnam from  13 March 1968 to 24 December 1968 for a period of 9 months and 7 days.  He may have arrived in Vietnam earlier and been assigned to a Replacement Detachment; however, there is no such evidence in his records.

3.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That the applicant’s DD Form 214, item 24 be amended to add the Bronze Star Medal and item 22c be amended to read 0 years 9 months and 7 days.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

__rvo___  __emw___  __dph___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000043582	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000928	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	110.04	
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