PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF

	BOARD DATE:            8 February 2001   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000049539

	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 her spouse, a deceased former servicemember, be awarded the Purple Heart.

3.  Records available to the Board were extremely limited.  The only DD Form 214 (Report of Separation from the Armed Forces of the United States) pertained to the former servicemember's active duty service between 1952 and 1956 although it did confirm more than 7 years of prior service for pay purposes.  However, information contained in files maintained by the Office of The Surgeon General (SGO Files) indicate the former servicemember was wounded as a result of hostile action on 30 August 1950 while in Korea.  There is no evidence he was ever awarded the Purple Heart.

4.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, that the Purple Heart is awarded for wounds sustained as a result of hostile action.  Substantiating evidence must be provided to verify that the wound was the result of hostile action, the wound must have required treatment by a medical officer, and the medical treatment must have been made a matter of official record.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the former servicemember was wounded as a result of hostile action on 30 August 1950 while in Korea.  As such he is entitled to an award of the Purple Heart.

2.  In view of the foregoing, the former servicemember’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 awarding the individual concerned the Purple Heart for a wound sustained as a result of hostile action on 30 August 1950 while in Korea. 

BOARD VOTE:  

__jl____  __dph___  __gdp___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000049539	
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.