PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            1 February 2001                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000043619

	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. Carolyn G. Wade		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Luther L. Santiful		Chairperson	
	Mr. James E. Anderholm		Member	
	Ms. Barbara J. Lutz 		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 the CIB, Combat Infantryman Badge, be added to his DD Form 214, Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge.

3.  The applicant states that the CIB is not listed on his DD Form 214 and that he would like to have it added.  In support of his application, he further states that he served with the 1st Cavalry Division as a door gunner on a helicopter.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted into the Army of the United States on 23 July 1965 for 2 years.  Following all required training, the applicant was awarded military occupational specialty (MOS) 11B, Light Weapons Infantryman, and was assigned to the Republic of Vietnam, where he served from 12 December 1965 to 7 December 1966.  His first unit of assignment was the 202nd Assault Support Helicopter Company, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), with duty as a door gunner.  He served with this unit from 21 December 1965 to 25 April 1966 when he was transferred to Company C, 228th Aviation Battalion (Assault Support Helicopter), 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), where he served from 25 April 1966 to 7 December 1966. 

5.  On 21 July 1967, the applicant was transferred to the United States Army Reserve (USAR) Control Group after completing 1 year, 11 months, and 26 days of active military service.  He is credited with the National Defense Service Medal, Air Medal with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters, Vietnam Service Medal with two Bronze Service Stars, Vietnam Campaign Medal, and Army Commendation Medal.

6.  General Orders Number 84, Headquarters, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), dated 25 March 1966, awarded the applicant his 12th Oak Leaf Cluster for his Air Medal. 

7.  General Orders Number 47, Headquarters, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), dated 5 January 1967, awarded the applicant the Aircraft Crewmember Badge.

8.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) provides, in pertinent part, that the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) is awarded to infantry officers and to enlisted and warrant officer personnel 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 CIB was awarded only to enlisted individuals who held and served in MOS 11B, 11C, 11F, 11G, or 11H.

9.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) provides, in pertinent part, that the Presidential Unit Citation (known as the Distinguished Unit Citation until 3 November 1966) is awarded for extraordinary heroism in action.  A unit must display such gallantry, determination and esprit de corps in accomplishing its mission as would warrant award of the Distinguished Service Cross to an individual.  Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-3 (Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register) indicates that the Company C, 228th Aviation Battalion was cited for award of the Presidential Unit Citation for the period 25 August 1966 – 4 April 1967.

10.  Army Regulation 670-1, in effect at the time, governs the requirements for the Oversea Service Bar (OSB).  In pertinent part, it provides that a bar is authorized for wear for each period of active Federal service as a member of the U.S. Army outside of the continental limits of the United States.  There are special provisions regarding authorization for the Overseas Service Bar for service in a hostile fire zone and for combining service to calculate award of the bars.  For Vietnam service, one overseas service bar is authorized for each period of 6 months active Federal service as a member of a U.S. Service in Vietnam from 1 July 1958 to 28 March 1973.  Both the month of arrival and the month of departure from Vietnam are counted as a whole months for credit toward the overseas service bar.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Although the applicant held MOS 11B, he served in Vietnam as a door gunner in an assault support helicopter unit.  There is no indication in the record, and the applicant has provided no proof, that he served as an infantryman in an infantry unit of brigade, regimental or smaller size.  He, therefore, is not qualified for award of the CIB.

2.  The applicant did; however, qualify for award of the Aircraft Crew Member Badge, Presidential Unit Citation, 12th Oak Leaf Cluster on his Air Medal, and two Overseas Service Bars.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by issuing to the individual concerned a DD Form 215, Correction to DD Form 214, showing that he was awarded the 12th Oak Leaf Cluster for his Air Medal, Aircraft Crew Member Badge, Presidential Unit Citation, and two Overseas Bars.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

________  ________  ________  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000043619	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	2001MMDD	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19670721	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 635-200	
DISCHARGE REASON	ETS	
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY	DASA	
ISSUES         1.	107.0111	
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