PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      

	BOARD DATE:            22 February 2001                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000048723

	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. W. E. Schnupp		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O'Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. Stanley Kelley		Member	
	Mr. Ted S. Kanamine		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 on behalf of her late father, the former service member (FSM) the Prisoner of War (POW) Medal.

3.  The applicant states that remarks on the FSM’s enlistment record show that he was captured on 28 February 1918.

4.  In support of her request, the applicant has submitted a copy of the FSM’s Enlistment Record, a copy of his honorable discharge, a copy of his death certificate and a copy of her birth certificate.

5.  The FSM’s military records show that he enlisted on 8 May 1917 and served with the 102nd Infantry of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in France from 27 October 1917 to 28 February 1918.  He was honorably discharged at demobilization on 29 April 1919 in the grade of private.  He died on 8 November 1977.

6.  His awards include the World War I Victory Medal with Clasp and the World War I Victory Button.

7.  The record shows that he was “Captured February 28, 1918” but provides no further details of the circumstances or the length of his captivity.  Considering the time and place, it is assumed that this entry is intended to show that he was taken prisoner by enemy forces.

8.  Army Regulation 600-8-22, Military Awards, provides that the POW Medal is authorized for any person who, while serving in any capacity with the US Armed Forces, was taken prisoner and held captive after 5 April 1917.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows that the FSM was captured on 28 February 1918 in France during World I and as such is entitled to the POW Medal.  

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:

	a.  showing that the individual concerned was awarded the POW Medal; and

b.	issuing the POW Medal to the applicant.

BOARD VOTE:  

___rvo___  ____sk _  ___tsk __  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__________Raymond V. O'Connor, Jr._
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR	
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RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	YYYYMMDD	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(NC, GRANT , DENY, GRANT PLUS)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.		
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6.