PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:  14 September 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR2000043791

	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. Lee Cates		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor		Chairperson	
	Mr. Elzey J. Arledge		Member	
	Ms. Margaret Patterson		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 records be corrected to show award of the Purple Heart (PH) and that the spelling of his name be corrected.

3.  The applicant states that he was wounded on 29 November 1951, in Korea and that his last name was changed.  He provides copies of his separation document and birth certificate, in support of his request.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Army on              8 February 1951, for 21 months.  His last name was then spelled, as he desires it to be now.  He completed his required training and was awarded military occupational specialty 4812 (Heavy Weapons Infantryman).  He was advanced to private first class, effective 1 October 1951. 

5.  According to medical reports, on 29 November 1951, the applicant was wounded due to enemy action at 1000 hours near Huhandgol, Korea.

6.  On 7 November 1952, he was honorably separated from active duty and transferred to the Enlisted Reserve Corps to serve the remainder of his service obligation.  His separation documents indicates he had 1 year and 9 months of creditable service.  He was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, the United Nations Service Medal and the Korean Service Medal with 1 bronze service star.

7.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, that the PH is awarded for a wound sustained as a result of hostile action.  Substantiating evidence must be provided to verify that the wound was the result of hostile action, the wound must have required treatment, and the medical treatment must have been made a matter of official record.

8.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides that the Good Conduct Medal (GCMDL) is awarded to individuals who distinguish themselves by their conduct, efficiency and fidelity during a qualifying period of active duty enlisted service.  This period is 3 years except in those cases when the period for the first award ends with the termination of a period of Federal military service.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record clearly shows the applicant’s entitlement to award of the PH, based on wounds received on 29 November 1951, in Korea.

2.  The Boards notes the applicant is also entitled to award of the GCMDL for the period 8 February 1951 to 7 November 1952.

3.  At the time of his enlistment, his last name was spelled, as he desires it to be now.

4.  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 PH for wounds received on 29 November 1951, in Korea; that his last name be corrected to the way he desires it now; that he was awarded the GCMDL for the period 8 February 1951 to 7 November 1952; and, that he be issued a corrected separation document.

BOARD VOTE:  

__ro___  ___ea___  __mp___ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________ DENY APPLICATION

		___Raymond V. O’Connor___
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000043791	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000914	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(NC, GRANT , DENY, GRANT PLUS)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.107	PH	
2.100	Name (spelling) change	
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.