PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:           27 SEPTEMBER 2001
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2001052254

	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. Kenneth H. Aucock		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor		Chairperson	
	Mr. Eric N. Andersen		Member	
	Mr. Thomas E. O’Shaughnessy		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 deceased father, a former serviceman (FSM), be awarded the Purple Heart. 

3.  The applicant states that his deceased father sustained a leg wound in World War I when a shell exploded in the trench he was crawling out of. 

4.  The historical files of the 139th Infantry, 35th Infantry Division, located at the National Archives show that the FSM was authorized to wear one wound chevron as a result of his being wounded in action on 28 September 1918 during the Meuse Argonne offensive, per Headquarters, 139th Infantry Special Order No. 37. 

5.  Army Regulation 600-8-22, paragraph 2-8 states in pertinent part, that the Purple Heart may be made to any member of the Army, who during World War I, was authorized to wear wound chevrons.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.   The FSM was wounded in action against the enemy during World War I and is entitled to award of the Purple Heart.  

2.  In view of the foregoing, the records of the FSM 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 Purple Heart to the deceased FSM.

BOARD VOTE:  

__RVO__  __ENA __  __TEO__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__Raymond V. O’Connor _
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2001052254	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20010927	
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.	61	
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.