PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            19 December 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000048189

	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. James P. Huber		Chairperson	
	Mr. Kenneth L. Wright		Member	
	Mr. Raymond J. Wagner		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 records be corrected to reflect award of the Purple Heart.  He states, in effect, that he was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds sustained in Vietnam but the award was omitted from his DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge).

3.  Records available to the Board indicate the applicant entered active duty on 
16 March 1967.  He sustained multiple fragment wounds to his face, left leg, and chest on 4 December 1967 while on a "combat operation when hit by fragments from a hostile booby trap."  His wounds are confirmed in several Western Union Telegrams to his parents.  The applicant also submitted a copy of his Purple Heart certificate, awarded on 5 December 1967, although his records do not contain orders confirming the award.

4.  On 29 June 1968 the applicant was discharged from active duty.  His award of the Purple Heart was omitted from his DD Form 214.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Evidence confirms the applicant was wounded as a result of hostile action while in Vietnam and awarded the Purple Heart.  He is entitled to have the award recorded on his 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. 

BOARD VOTE:  

__jph___  __klw___  ___rjw__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000048189	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20001219	
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	
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