PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: -

	BOARD DATE:            8 February 2001   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000048358

	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:

	Ms. Joann Langston		Chairperson	
	Mr. Donald P. Hupman		Member	
	Mr. George D. Paxson		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 also asks that if he is entitled to a Presidential or Meritorious Unit Citation he would like those awards added as well. 

3.  Records available to the Board indicate the applicant entered active duty on 
8 September 1967 and was assigned to Vietnam as an infantryman with the 12th Infantry, 11th Infantry Brigade in April 1968.

4.  On 26 July 1968 the applicant sustained multiple wounds to his leg, arm and chest when he was hit by fragments from an enemy booby trap.  He was evacuated from Vietnam and on 3 September 1969 was released from active duty and his name placed on the Temporary Disability Retired List (TDRL).  In 1972 he was permanently retired by reason of disability.  

5.  He was awarded the Purple Heart by The Adjutant General of the Army on 
14 May 1973 and as such the award was never recorded on his DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge).

6.  A review of Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-3 does not indicate that the applicant’s unit was awarded either a Presidential or Meritorious Unit Citation during the period of his assignment with 12th Infantry, 11th Infantry Brigade.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds sustained on 26 July 1968 as a result of hostile action in Vietnam.

2.  The applicant’s unit was not awarded any unit awards during his period of service with the unit and as such he is not entitled to either the Presidential or Meritorious Unit Citation.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  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.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

___jl___  ___dph__  ___gdp__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000048358	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20010208	
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.