PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           14 November 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000046874

	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. Hubert S. Shaw, Jr.		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Shirley L. Powell		Chairperson	
	Ms. Meta Waller		Member	
	Mr. Terry L. Placek		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, as the next of kin of a deceased former service member (FSM), that his brother be awarded the National Defense Service Medal. 

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that the FSM’s DD Form 214 (Report of Separation from the Armed Forces of the United States) does not show the National Defense Service Medal as an authorized award. 

4.  The FSM’s military records were lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973.  Records available to the Board were obtained from alternate sources and show he entered active duty on 14 December 1950.  He served in the Korean Conflict and was honorably separated from active duty on 16 September 1952.

5.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, that the National Defense Service Medal is awarded for honorable active service for any period between 27 July 1950 through 27 July 1954, 1 January 1961 through 14 August 1974, and 2 August 1990 through 30 November 1995.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The FSM served qualifying active duty for award of the National Defense Service Medal; therefore, his records should be corrected to show this award.

2.  In view of the foregoing, the FSM’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 the FSM received the National Defense Service Medal

BOARD VOTE:  

__TLP__  __SLP___  __MW___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__Ms. Shirley L. Powell_
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000046874	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20001114	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19520916	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	DA CIR 58	
DISCHARGE REASON	TRANSFER TO ERC	
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY	MR CHUN	
ISSUES         1.	107.0069.0000	
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