PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF 

	BOARD DATE:            30 January 2001   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000046959

	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. Deborah L. Brantley		Senior Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Arthur A. Omartian		Chairperson	
	Mr. Thomas E. O’Shaughnessy		Member	
	Ms. Brenda F. Hirschi		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, in effect, that his military records be corrected to reflect award of the Purple Heart.  He also asks that his Soldier's Medal and Bronze Star Medal be added to his DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge).  However, those decorations are already recorded on his DD Form 214 and as such that issue will not be addressed by the Board.

3.  Records available to the Board indicate that the applicant was inducted and entered active duty on 2 May 1961.  On 14 May 1962 he was discharged for the purpose of immediate reenlistment.  In October 1967 the applicant was assigned to Vietnam as an infantryman.  On 6 November 1967 he sustained fragment wounds to his legs and was medically evacuated, first to Japan and ultimately to Fort Dix, New Jersey.  The 91st Evacuation Hospital in Japan issued orders confirming award of his Purple Heart.

4.  On 14 August 1968 the applicant was honorably discharged.  His award of the Purple Heart was omitted from his DD Form 214.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant was wounded as a result of hostile action and awarded the Purple Heart.  As such he is entitled to have the award reflected on his 1968 DD Form 214.

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 Purple Heart for wounds sustained on 6 November 1967 while in Vietnam.

BOARD VOTE:  

___aao__  ___teo__  ___bfh__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000046959	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20010130	
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.	107.00	
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.