PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           14 September 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000045840

	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. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Ms. Margaret K. Patterson		Member	
	Mr. Elzey J. Arledge, Jr.		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 Legion of Merit (LOM) be added to her Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD Form 214.

3.  The applicant states that she received the LOM after she outprocessed and received her DD Form 214.

4.  The applicant’s military records are not available.  Information contained herein was obtained from alternate sources.

5.  On 31 March 2000, the applicant was recommended for a retirement LOM.  It was approved on 31 May 2000.  She may have been on transition leave by this date because the LOM is not listed on her DD Form 214.  She retired on             1 September 2000.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows the applicant was awarded the LOM and it should be added to her DD Form 214.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

That the applicant’s DD Form 214 for the period ending 31 August 2000 be amended to add the Legion of Merit.

BOARD VOTE:  

__rvo___  __mkp___  __eja___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000045840	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000914	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	110.04	
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6.