PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           7 November 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000044558

	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. George D. Paxson		Chairperson	
	Mr. Melvin H. Meyer		Member	
	Ms. Paula Mokulis		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 Army Good Conduct Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal be added to her Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD Form 214.

3.  The applicant states that both the Army Good Conduct Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal were erroneously omitted from her DD Form 214.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that she enlisted in the Regular Army on 9 November 1994.  A memorandum from the 557th Medical Company dated      19 October 1996 verified that the applicant was deployed to the former Yugoslavia to include Croatia and Bosnia-Herzogovina in support of Operation Joint Endeavor from 22 December 1995 to 15 November 1996.

5.  The applicant was awarded the Army Good Conduct Medal on Permanent Orders 069-8, Headquarters, 10th Mountain Division and Fort Drum, NY dated  10 March 1998.

6.  The applicant was discharged on 19 May 1999 for disability.  The Army Good Conduct Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal are not listed on her DD Form 214.

7.  Military Personnel Message number 99-100 authorized the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for Operations Joint Endeavor and Joint Guard.  One of the criteria for award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal was to have been deployed as an individual by official orders to Operation Joint Endeavor or Operation Joint Guard for 30 consecutive or 60 nonconsecutive days.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows that the applicant was awarded the Army Good Conduct Medal.  The Board accepts as sufficient the evidence provided by the applicant to show she is entitled to award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

That the applicant’s DD Form 214 be amended to add the Army Good Conduct Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.

BOARD VOTE:  

__gdp___  __mhm___  __pm___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			George D. Paxson
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000044558	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20001107	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	110.04	
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5.		
6.