MEMORANDUM OF CONSIDERATION

	IN THE CASE OF:   

	BOARD DATE:            8 March 2001
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000046769

	I certify that hereinafter is recorded the record of consideration of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual.

	Mr. Carl W. S. Chun		Director	
	Mr. Michael L. Engle		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Roger Able		Chairperson	
	Ms. Barbara J. Lutz		Member	
	Mr. William D. Powers		Member	

	The Board, established pursuant to authority contained in 10 U.S.C. 1552, convened at the call of the Chairperson on the above date.  In accordance with Army Regulation 15-185, the application and the available military records pertinent to the corrective action requested were reviewed to determine whether to authorize a formal hearing, recommend that the records be corrected without a formal hearing, or to deny the application without a formal hearing if it is determined that insufficient relevant evidence has been presented to demonstrate the existence of probable material error or injustice.

	The applicant requests correction of military records as stated in the application to the Board and as restated herein.

	The Board considered the following evidence:

	Exhibit A - Application for correction of military 
              	       records
	Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including
	                  advisory opinion, if any)

APPLICANT REQUESTS:  That his military records be corrected to show award of the Purple Heart (PH).

APPLICANT STATES:  That he was stationed on the Kansas line in Korea on 
26 May 1951, when someone tripped a booby trap or something, causing him to be badly wounded in the right hand.  He further states that he spent 2 months in a hospital at an Air Force base in Japan and then went to an Army rehabilitation place in Omia, Japan.

EVIDENCE OF RECORD:  The applicant's military records were not available to the Board.  If they were located at the National Personnel Records Center on 
12 July 1973, they would have been in the area that suffered the most damage in the fire on that date and may have been destroyed.  Information herein was obtained from alternate record sources.

He enlisted in the Army on 29 June 1950 for 3 years.  He completed his initial training and was assigned to clerical duties.  He completed 3 years and 2 days of creditable active service and attained the rank of corporal.

The applicant’s Report of Separation from the Armed Forces of the United States (DD Form 214) shows that he was awarded the Korean Service Medal with 
3 bronze service stars and the United Nations Service Medal.  It lists no wounds received as a result of action with the enemy and the applicant’s verifying signature is clearly entered at the bottom of the form.

Army Regulation 672-5-1 provides, in pertinent part, that the PH 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 by a medical officer, and the medical treatment must have been made a matter of official record.

DISCUSSION:  Considering all the evidence, allegations, and information presented by the applicant, together with the evidence of record, applicable law and regulations, it is concluded:

1.  The available records do not establish that the applicant received any wounds as a result of enemy action.  Furthermore, the applicant has not provided any substantiating evidence to support his contention that he was wounded in action while in Korea.

2.  In view of the foregoing, there is no basis for granting the applicant's request.

DETERMINATION:  The applicant has failed to submit sufficient relevant evidence to demonstrate the existence of probable error or injustice.

BOARD VOTE:

________  ________  ________  GRANT

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

___RA__  __BJL___  __WDP__  DENY APPLICATION

		    Carl W. S. Chun
		    Director, Army Board for Correction
    of Military Records

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000046769	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20010308	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR .  .  .  .  .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	DENY	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.00	
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