PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:     

	BOARD DATE:           29 March 2001                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000050595

	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. John N. Slone		Chairperson	
	Mr. Christopher J. Prosser		Member	
	Mr. Lester Echols		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 the Army of Occupation Medal (Germany).

3.  The applicant states that he served in Germany for a short while in 1952-1953 and again from 1956 to 1957.  He asks if this service would qualify him for the Army of Occupation Medal (Germany)

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he reenlisted in the Regular Army on 29 April 1954 with 5 years, 3 months and 20 days prior active service.  His foreign service included duty in Korea and with the US Army Europe from September 1952 to January 1953 and again with the 3rd Armored Division in Germany from July 1956 to April 1957.  He was placed on the temporary disability retired list on 26 July 1957 in the grade of sergeant first class, subsequently found fit for duty, and honorably discharged.

5.  His awards include the Silver Star, the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Korean Service Medal with 4 Bronze Service Stars, the United Nations Service Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.  

6.  Army Regulation 600-8-22, Military Awards, provides, in pertinent part, that the Army of Occupation Medal (Germany) was awarded for service for 30 consecutive days at a normal post of duty while assigned to the Army of Occupation of Germany (exclusive of Berlin) between 9 May 1945 and 5 May 1955.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The awards regulation provides that to qualify for the Army of Occupation Medal (Germany) an individual needs to spend 30 consecutive days at a normal assignment in Germany between May 1945 and May 1955.

2.  The applicant satisfied this criterion during his assignment to the US Army Europe with duty in Germany from September 1952 to January 1953 and from July 1956 to April 1957.  Therefore, he is entitled to the Army of Occupation Medal (Germany).

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 showing that the individual concerned was awarded the Army of Occupation Medal (Germany).

BOARD VOTE:  

___jns__  ___cjp ___  ____le __  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__________John N. Slone_________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000050595	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20010329	
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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