PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            21 November 2000  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000045984

	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. Wanda L. Waller		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Thomas A. Pagan		Chairperson	
	Mr. Roger W. Able		Member	
	Mr. Thomas E. O’Shaughnessy		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 award of the Good Conduct Medal.

3.  The applicant states that this award was left off of his discharge document.  In support of his application, he submits a copy of his DD Form 214 (Report of Separation from the Armed Forces of the United States) and orders for the Good Conduct Medal.

4.  The applicant’s military records were destroyed or lost during the National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973.  Records available to the Board were obtained from alternate sources and show that the applicant enlisted on 5 April 1951, served as a wheel vehicle repairman in Korea and was honorably discharged on 14 June 1955.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 does not show the Good Conduct Medal as an authorized award. 

5.  Valley Forge Army Hospital Special Orders Number 130, dated 11 June 1955, show the applicant was awarded the Good Conduct Medal on 14 June 1955. 

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was awarded the Good Conduct Medal; therefore, he is entitled to correction of his DD Form 214 to show this award. 

2.  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 Good Conduct Medal. 

BOARD VOTE:  

TAP____  RWA____  TEO_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Thomas A. Pagan___
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000045984	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20001121	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19550614	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 615-360 	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.0056	
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