PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           14 November 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000046965

	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	
	Mrs. Nancy Amos		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, in effect, that the Presidential Unit Citation (PUC) be added to his Enlisted Record and Report of Separation, WD AGO Form 53-55.
He provides an extract from The Blue Infantryman which details the events that happened to the 3d Battalion, 310th Infantry that resulted in the award of the PUC.

3.  The applicant’s military records were lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center fire in 1973.  The information contained herein was obtained from alternate sources.

4.  The applicant was inducted into the Army and entered active duty on 1 July 1944.  He arrived in the European Theater of Operations (ETO) on 24 February 1945 where he served with Company L, 3d Battalion, 310th Infantry as a rifleman. He departed the ETO on 2 July 1945.

5.  Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-1 shows that the 3d Battalion, 310th Infantry was awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation (redesignated the PUC on  3 November 1966) for the period 1 – 15 March 1945.  The regiment was also given occupation credit for Germany.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows that the applicant is entitled to award of the PUC.  He is also entitled award of the Army of Occupation Medal (Germany).

2.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the applicant’s WD AGO Form 53-55 be amended to add the Presidential Unit Citation and the Army of Occupation Medal (Germany).

BOARD VOTE:  

__slp___  __mw____  __tlp___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Shirley L. Powell
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000046965	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20001114	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.0031	
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