PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      

	BOARD DATE:           13 March 2001                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000046864

	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	
	Mr. Kenneth H. Aucock		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. June Hajjar 		Chairperson	
	Mr. Donald P. Hupman		Member	
	Mr. John T. Meixell		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 his record be corrected to show that he was awarded the Bravery Gold Medal of Greece for service in Korea from                  5 November 1950 to 28 October 1951 while with Company C, 8th Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division.

3.  The applicant made no other statement. 

4.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 shows that he entered on active duty on             6 June 1950 and was discharged at Camp Polk, Louisiana on 9 June 1953 in the rank of Corporal.  He had 3 years of service, of which 1 year, 1 month, and       15 days was foreign service.  He had 4 days of lost time.  The applicant was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, the United Nations Service Medal, and the Korean Service Medal with four bronze service stars.  That form does not show his unit of assignment while in Korea. 

5.  In a 29 December 1982 letter to the National Personnel Records Center requesting an occupation medal for his service in Germany, the applicant provided a chronology of his military service, to include a notation that he had served with Company C, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division from 2 November 1950 to 2 November 1951.  He made a similar request on 5 May 1983, again indicating that he had served with the above named organization.   

6.  A copy of General Order Number 2, dated in February 1956, shows that the Bravery Gold Medal of Greece was awarded by Paul, The King of Greece in accordance with Royal Order dated 15 June 1955, to the 1st Cavalry Division and its assigned units, to include the 8th Cavalry Regiment.  The award was confirmed by Department of the Army.   

7.  Army Regulation 600-8-22, paragraph 9-9 provides for the award of foreign unit decorations and states in effect that acceptance of foreign unit decorations will be reported for confirmation in DA General Orders.  Confirmed foreign unit decorations are listed in DA Pamphlet 672-1 and DA Pamphlet 672-3.   
DA Pamphlet 672-1 shows that the 8th Cavalry Regiment was awarded the Bravery Gold Medal of Greece for its actions during the Korean War.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  There is no evidence that the applicant was assigned to the 8th Cavalry Regiment during the Korean War.  Nonetheless, his letters of 29 December 1982 and 5 May 1983, in which he requests an occupation medal for service in Germany, and in which he matter of factly lists his units, to include the 8th Cavalry Regiment, and dates of assignment to those units, lends credence to his statement that he was assigned to the 8th Cavalry Regiment.  The Board believes it so.
2.  The applicant is entitled to award of the Bravery Gold Medal of Greece.

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 that the applicant was awarded the Bravery Gold Medal of Greece for his actions with the 8th Cavalry Regiment during the Korean War. 

BOARD VOTE:  

___jtm___  ___jh___  ___dph__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000046864	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20010313	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT 	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  46	107.00	
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