PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           30 January 2001
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000050423

	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. Hubert S. Shaw, Jr.		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Arthur A. Omartian		Chairperson	
	Ms. Brenda F. Hirschi		Member	
	Mr. Thomas E. O’Shaughnessy, 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, in effect, correction of her records to show awards and decorations earned during Operation Desert Storm.  The applicant also, in effect, requests correction of the entry in 11 (Primary Specialty) of her DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) showing the years and months she served in military occupational specialty (MOS) 93F30 Field Artillery Meteorological Crewmember.

3.  The applicant states that she has been trying since 1994 to get her records corrected.  She also states that the dates in item 11 (Primary Specialty) of her DD Form 214 do not match the dates of her active duty which is recorded in item 12 (Record of Service) of her DD Form 214.

4.  The applicant’s military records are not complete.  Item 12d (Total Prior Active Service) of her DD Form 214 with a separation date of 15 July 1991 shows a period of active duty (1 year, 3 months and 20 days) prior to her current enlistment; however, there is no discharge document covering this prior service available in her records.

5.  The DD Form 214 submitted by the applicant shows that she entered active duty on 20 May 1987.  She served as a field artillery meteorological crewmember and was honorably discharged on 15 July 1991.

6.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 with a separation date of 15 July 1991 does not show any awards or decorations associated with service during Operation Desert Storm or otherwise indicate any service in Southwest Asia.

7.  The Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) compiled the Desert Shield/Storm Data Base.  The primary Desert Shield/Storm file contains one record for each active duty member who participated in-theater between 2 August 1990 and 31 July 1991 and one record for each Reservist, National Guard member or retiree who was activated or federalized in response to Desert Shield/Desert Storm.  This data base shows that the applicant served in Southwest Asia from 22 February 1991 to 11 April 1991.

8.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 shows in item 11 the entry “93F30 FIELD ARTILLERY METEOROLOGICAL CREWMEMBER  3 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS”.  Item 12c (Net Active Service This Period) shows the entry 4 years, 1 month and 26 days.  Item 14 (Military Education) shows the applicant completed the Field Artillery Meteorological Crewmember Course (9 weeks) in October 1987.

9.  The applicant provided a DA Form 638-1 (Recommendation for Award) which shows that she was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for her service from 13 October 1987 to 15 July 1991 by 101st Airborne Division Permanent Order 
232-086, dated 20 August 1991.  This decoration is not shown on the applicant’s DD Form 214.

10.  The applicant also provided a DA Form 638 which shows that she was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for achievement for her service from 7 August 1990 to 16 January 1991 by 101st Airborne Division Artillery Permanent Orders 027-001, dated 28 March 1991.  This decoration is not shown on the applicant’s DD Form 214.

11.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) provides that service in the Persian Gulf War is to be recognized by award of the Southwest Asia Service Medal (SWASM) to Army members who participated in Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm in the designated area on or after 2 August 1990.  A bronze service star is authorized for the Defense of Saudi Arabia (2 August 1990 to 16 January 1991) and the Liberation and Defense of Kuwait (17 January to 11 April 1991), and the Cease-Fire Campaign (12 April 1991 to 30 October 1995).  This service medal is not shown on the applicant’s DD Form 214.

12.  The Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KLM-SA) was approved on 3 January 1992 and is awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who participated in the Persian Gulf War between 17 January 1991 and 28 February 1991.  This foreign award is not shown on the applicant’s DD Form 214.

13.  The Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Government of Kuwait (KLM-K) was approved on 9 November 1995 and is awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who participated in the Persian Gulf War between 2 August 1990 and 31 August 1993.  This foreign award is not shown on the applicant’s DD Form 214.

14.  Army Regulation 635-5 (Separation Documents) established the standardized policy for preparing and distributing the DD Form 214.  The regulation provides, in pertinent part, that the primary MOS and all additional MOS served in for a period of one year or more, during soldier’s continuous active military service will be entered in item 11 (Primary Specialty).

15.  Army Regulation 635-5 establishes the standardized policy for preparing and distributing the DD Form 214.  In pertinent part, it directs that foreign service performed during the period covered by the DD Form will be entered in item 12f.  The regulation also states that the amount of foreign service will be taken from the soldier’s Enlisted Qualification Record or, if necessary, verified from the soldier’s Military Personnel Records Jacket.  However, for service in Southwest Asia, Department of the Army issued guidance that service in a temporary duty status in that theater would not be reported as foreign service unless for a period longer than 6 months and that Southwest Asia service would be reported in item 18 (Remarks) of the DD Form 214.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal; therefore, she is entitled to correction of her records to show the award.

2.  The applicant was awarded the Army Commendation Medal; therefore, she is entitled to correction of her records to show this award.

3.  The applicant served in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Desert Storm from 22 February 1991 to 11 April 1991.  Therefore, she is entitled to award of the Southwest Asia Service Medal (SWASM) with one bronze service star, the Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KLM-SA) and the Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Government of Kuwait (KLM-K).  Further, the applicant is entitled to correction of her records to show these awards.

4.  Based on the applicant’s service in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Desert Storm, she is entitled to correction of item 18 (Remarks) of her DD Form 214 with a separation date of 15 July 1991 to show her service in Southwest Asia by adding the entry “SWA SERVICE:  22FEB91-11APR91”.

5.  The applicant was awarded the military occupational specialty (MOS) of field artillery meteorological crewmember effective October 1987 based on completion of the Field Artillery Meteorological Crewmember Course (9 weeks).  As a result, item 11 (Primary Specialty) shows the period the applicant possessed that MOS from the time it was awarded until she was discharged (3 years, 9 months), not for the entire period of her active duty (4 years, 1 month and 26 days).  Therefore, the entry in item of her DD Form 214 showing the years and months she served in MOS 93F30 is correct as currently constituted and will not be amended.

6.  In view of the foregoing findings and conclusions, it would be appropriate to correct the applicant’s records, but only as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

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

	a.  by showing that the individual concerned was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Southwest Asia Service Medal (SWASM) with one bronze service star, the Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KLM-SA) and the Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Government of Kuwait (KLM-K); and 

	b.  by amending item 18 (Remarks) of her DD Form 214 with a separation date of 15 July 1991 to show the entry “SWA SERVICE: 22FEB91-11APR91”.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

__AAO__  __BFH__  __TEO___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___Mr. Arthur A. Omartian__
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000050423	
SUFFIX		
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	GRANT PLUS	
REVIEW AUTHORITY	MR SCHNEIDER	
ISSUES         1.	107.0000.0000	
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