PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:           30 AUGUST 2001 
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2001056095

	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:

	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor		Chairperson	
	Mr. Christopher J. Prosser		Member	
	Ms. Linda D. Simmons		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 to reflect award of the Purple Heart.  He states he was not aware that he had received the award until he was recently informed of the fact by an official at his VA hospital.  He notes that he was wounded in combat while in Vietnam.

3.  Records indicate the applicant served on active duty between July 1969 and July 1971 and was assigned to Vietnam as a scout observer/driver between January 1970 and December 1970.  Information contained on the Vietnam Casualty Roster confirms that the applicant was lightly wounded in action on 
30 May 1970.  Although there is no evidence the applicant was ever awarded the Purple Heart his records do contain an unsigned DD Form 215 (Correction to DD Form 214, Report of Separation from Active Duty) indicating his 1971 discharge document was being corrected to reflect award of the Purple Heart.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Evidence confirms the applicant was wounded as a result of hostile action on 
30 May 1970 and as such is entitled to the Purple Heart.  The Board concludes that it would be appropriate and in the interest of justice to issue documents, including an authenticated DD Form 215, to confirm his entitlement to the award.

2.  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:

a.  by awarding the individual concerned the Purple Heart for wounds sustained on 30 May 1970 as a result of hostile action while in Vietnam; and

b.  by issuing appropriate documents, including an authenticated DD Form 215, to confirm entitlement to the award.

BOARD VOTE:  

__RVO__  __CJP __  __LDS __  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__Raymond V. O’Connor _
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2001056095	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20010830	
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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