PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           7 August 2001
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2001056943

	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. William Blakely		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Margaret K. Patterson		Chairperson	
	Mr. Thomas B. Redfern, III		Member	
	Ms. Regan K. Smith		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, that his Enlisted Record and Report of Separation (WD AGO Form 53-55) be corrected to show his awards and decorations. 

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that his WD AGO Form 53-55 does not reflect the awards and decorations to which he is entitled.  In support of his application he submits a copy of his WD AGO Form 53-55 and a copy of Authorization for Issuance of Awards (DA Form 1577).

4.  The applicant’s military records were lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center fire in 1973.  The information herein was gleaned from a copy of the applicant’s separation document and reconstructed records.

5.  His separation document shows he was inducted into the Army on 
7 October 1946 and that he was trained as a military policeman.  He was honorably released from active duty on 6 June 1947, in the rank of private.

6.  Item 33 (Decorations) of the applicant’s WD AGO Form 53-55 shows the entry “NONE”.

7.  DA Form 1577 dated 26 June 1992, provided by the applicant confirms he is entitled to the Good Conduct Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Honorable Service Lapel Button WW ll.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  DA Form 1577 provided by the applicant verifies that subsequent to his separation, in 1947, he was issued the Good Conduct Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Honorable Service Lapel Button WW ll.  Therefore, he is entitled to have these awards added to his separation document.

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 by showing the individual concerned earned the Good Conduct Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Honorable Service Lapel Button WW ll and by providing him a corrected separation document that reflects these awards.

BOARD VOTE:  

__MKP   _  __TBR __  __RKS__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__Margaret K. Patterson__
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2001056943	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	2001/08/07	
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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6.