PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      

	BOARD DATE:            19 April 2001
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR2000050437

	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. Walter Avery, Jr.		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. John N. Slone		Chairperson	
	Ms. Barbara J. Ellis		Member	
	Mr. Curtis L. Greenway		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 by awarding him the Bronze Star Medal (BSM) and the WWII Victory Medal.

3.  The applicant states that based on current Department of the Army policy regarding WWII veterans he believes he is entitled to the BSM and the WWII Victory Medal.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted on 28 April 1941, and served in the Pacific Theater of Operations from 14 May 1942 – 14 September 1944.  He was honorably discharged on 7 August 1945.  His     WD AGO 53-55 (Enlisted Record and Report of Separation) reflects the following awards:  the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB), the Good Conduct Medal, Distinguished Unit Badge, the American Defense Service Ribbon and the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon with 2 bronze battle Stars.

5.  AR 600-8-22, Military Awards, provides that subsequent to the cessation of hostilities during WWII, the regulation governing the award of the BSM was changed, in part, to provide for the award of this decoration to those individuals who had been awarded the CIB or the Combat Medical Badge for meritorious achievement in ground combat against the armed enemy between 7 December 1941 and 2 September 1945.

6.  AR 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, for award of the American Campaign Medal.  This campaign medal is awarded for qualifying service in the American Theater between 7 December 1941 and 2 March 1946.  Qualifying service includes permanent assignment outside the continental United States, duty as a crewmember aboard a vessel sailing ocean waters for 30 consecutive or 60 nonconsecutive days, or duty outside the continental United States as a passenger or in a temporary duty status for 30 consecutive or 60 nonconsecutive days, or active combat against the enemy and was awarded a combat decoration or furnished a certificate by a corps commander or higher, or service within the continental United States for an aggregate period of one year.

7.  The same regulation provides, in pertinent part, for award of the WWII Victory Medal.  It is awarded for service between 7 December 1941 and 31 December 1946, both dates inclusive.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Based on award of the CIB during WWll, the applicant is entitled to award of the BSM.  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show this award.

2.  The applicant’s WD AGO Form 53-55 reflects that he served during the period, which authorizes the WWII Victory Medal and the American Campaign Medal.  Therefore, he is entitled correction of his records to show these awards.

3.  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 BSM, the WWII Victory Medal and the American Campaign Medal; and 

b.  issuing to him a correction to his WD AGO Form 53-55 reflecting the above awards.

BOARD VOTE:  

___jns____  ___bje__  ___clg__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		________John N. Slone__________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000050437	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20010419	
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	
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