PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:  14 December 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR2000045759

	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. Joyce A. Wright		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. June Hajjar		Chairperson	
	Mr. Richard T. Dunbar		Member	
	Mr. Hubert O. Fry		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, in effect, correction of his DD Form 214 (Report of Separation from the Armed Forces of the United States), with a separation date of 10 December 1951, to show his additional awards of the Purple Heart and all awards and decorations to which he is entitled.  

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that his DD Form 214 with a separation date of 10 December 1951 does not show his additional awards of the Purple Heart and all awards and decorations to which he is entitled.  In support of his application he submits two copies of his DD Forms 214 and a copy of an award certificate for the Purple Heart.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted on 13 January 1949.  He served in Korea as an infantryman from 5 August 1950 to 21 July 1951 and was honorably discharged on 10 December 1951 in order to reenlist.  He reenlisted on 11 December 1951 and continued to serve until he was honorably discharged on 17 November 1954.

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214, with a separation date of 10 December 1951, shows he was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Korean Service Medal with two bronze service stars, and the Korean Presidential Unit Citation.
His discharge document does not show any awards of the Purple Heart.

6.  Item 29 (Wounds Received as a Result of Action with Enemy Forces) shows the entry “Shrapnel Head & Face 30 Apr 51”. 

7.  The applicant’s DD Form 214, with a separation date of 17 November 1954, shows he was awarded the Good Conduct Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.

8.  The applicant’s records contain a copy of a WD AGO Form 0707 which shows
that Headquarters, OSAKA Army Hospital General Orders 22, dated 10 January 1951, awarded the Purple Heart to the applicant for wounds received in action in Seoul, Korea on 25 December 1950.

9.  The applicant provided a copy of an award certificate, which shows that he was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in the Republic of Korea on 30 April 1951.

10.  A DA Form 1577 (Authorization for Issuance of Awards), dated 20 July 1990, shows that the Army Reserve Personnel Center in St. Louis, Missouri, determined the applicant was entitled to be issued the Purple Heart and the United Nations Service Medal.

11.  The applicant records contain a FEC AGO Form (Battle Casualty Report) 
which shows the entry “slightly wounded in action by shell fragment in the forehead during an enemy attack in the vicinity of Mug-gol, South Korea on 18 May 1951”.

12.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, that the Purple Heart 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.

13.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides for award of the United Nations Service Medal.  In pertinent part, the regulation states that the period of eligibility for the United Nations Service Medal was between 27 June 1950 and 27 July 1954.  The regulation provides that this service medal was awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States dispatched to Korea or adjacent areas on behalf of the United Nations.  Award of the Korean Service Medal automatically establishes eligibility for award of the United Nations Service Medal.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows that the applicant was wounded on 25 December 1950 and on 30 April 1951 while serving in Korea and was awarded two awards of the Purple Heart.  The evidence of record also shows that he was slightly wounded the third time in Korea on 18 May 1951.  Therefore, he is entitled to an additional award of the Purple Heart for a total of three awards and correction of his records to show the Purple Heart (Second Oak Leaf Cluster).

2.  The applicant is entitled to an award of the United Nations Service Medal.  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show this award.

3.  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 in item 27 (Decorations and Awards) of his DD Form 214 with a separation date of 10 December 1951 that the individual concerned was awarded the Purple Heart (Second Oak Leaf Cluster) and the United Nations Service Medal.

BOARD VOTE:  

__JH__  __RD___  ___HF___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___June Hajjar__
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000045759	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20001214	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	17 November 1954	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  61		
2.  46		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.