PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           12 April 2001                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000048355

	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. Gerald E. Vandenberg		Analyst	

The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Roger W. Able		Chairperson	
	Mr. Richard T. Dunbar		Member	
	Mr. Donald P. Hupman, Jr.		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 reconsideration of his application to correct item 32 (Battles and Campaigns) of his WD AGO Form 53-55 (Enlisted Record and Report of Separation) to show that he received credit for the Anzio and the Northern France campaigns by awarding him two additional bronze service stars for campaigns and other non-specified medals.

3.  The applicant states the additional evidence submitted shows that he was attached to a different unit than previously reported.  He contends that as a member of this unit he is entitled to campaign credits for Anzio and Northern France and other non-specified medals. 

4.  Incorporated herein by reference are military records that were summarized in the Proceedings prepared to reflect the Board's previous consideration of the case (AR2000038985) on 20 July 2000.

5.  The applicant submits a copy of General Orders #1, 157th Infantry, dated 24 April 1944 that shows his assignment to the 2nd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment effective 1 January 1944.  He also submits a copy of General Orders # 76, Headquarters Fifth Army showing award of the Distinguished Unit Citation to the 2nd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment for actions during the month of February 1944. 

6.  Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-1, Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register, dated 6 July 1961, shows among other information, that 2nd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, received credit for participation in eight campaigns, Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Southern France, Rhineland, Central Europe, Anzio and Ardennes-Alsace, and award of the Distinguished Unit Citation (now known as the Presidential Unit Citation) during the period that the applicant was attached to it.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The staff of the Board has determined that the evidence submitted by the applicant and counsel constitutes substantially relevant evidence discovered contemporaneously or within a short time after the Board’s original decision. Board consideration is appropriate.

2.  The evidence of records does not show that either of the units to which the applicant was assigned received credit for the participation in the Northern France campaign.

3.  The Board does find that in addition to the campaigns already of record, the applicant is also entitled to two additional campaigns stars for participation during the Anzio and Ardennes-Alsace campaigns.  

4.  Due to the loss of the applicant’s records, the Board is unable to determine if the applicant is entitled to any additional awards or decorations beyond those already of record.

5.  In view of the foregoing findings and conclusions, correcting the applicant’s records as recommended below would correct an error and rectify an injustice.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected to show that the individual concerned: 

a.  participated in the Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Southern France, Rhineland, Central Europe, Anzio and Ardennes-Alsace campaigns; and 

b.  that he was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, Army of the Occupation Medal with Germany Clasp, the World War II Victory Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one silver and three bronze service stars and one bronze arrowhead and a Presidential Unit Citation Badge.

2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied. 

BOARD VOTE:  

__RWA__  ___RTD_  ___RTD_  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		____Roger W. Able____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000048355	
SUFFIX		
RECON	 	
DATE BOARDED	20010412 	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	GD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT 	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.0034	
2.	107.0031	
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