PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           2 November 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000043794

	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. Fred N. Eichorn		Chairperson	
	Mr. Ted S. Kanamine		Member	
	Mr. William D. Barr		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 his Report of Separation from the Armed Forces of the United States, DD Form 214, item 29 shows that he was wounded in action and he should have been awarded the Purple Heart.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that after having had prior service in the U. S. Navy, he enlisted in the Regular Army in 1946.  He arrived in Korea around March 1951 where he served as an infantryman.  He received a gunshot wound to the neck on 2 September 1951.  His service medical records confirm this injury.  There are no Purple Heart orders on file.  He was discharged on              8 November 1951 to accept a commission on 9 November 1951.  He served until his retirement in 1968.

5.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides policy and criteria concerning individual military decorations.  In pertinent part, it states that the Purple Heart is awarded to any member of an Armed Force who has been wounded or killed in any action against an enemy of the United States.  The wound must have required treatment by a medical officer and records of medical treatment for wounds or injuries received in action must have been made a matter of official record.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows that the applicant was wounded in action on    2 September 1951 and is entitled to award of the Purple Heart.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by awarding the applicant the Purple Heart for wounds received in action on 2 September 1951.

2.  That the Purple Heart be added to the applicant’s DD Form 214 for the period ending 8 November 1951.

BOARD VOTE:  

__fne___  __tsk___  __wdb___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Fred N. Eichorn
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000043794	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20001102	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.0015	
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