PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:        

	BOARD DATE:           11 September 2001  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2001057764

	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. Antoinette Farley		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Celia L. Adolphi		Chairperson	
	Mr. Curtis L. Greenway		Member	
	Mr. Donald P. Hupman, Jr.		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 reconsideration of his previous application to correct his military records by awarding him the Purple Heart.

3.  The applicant states in effect, that he and three other soldiers were reported as wounded, two of the soldiers were kept at the 23rd Evacuation Hospital and both received the Purple Heart.

4.  The Memorandum of Consideration (MOC) (AC88-09898) reflecting the Board’s
27 September 1989 review of the applicant’s request is incorporated herein by reference as if wholly set forth.

5.  The applicant submits a letter which outlines his command’s general unit operations, the procedures used during combat conditions and how the injured were treated in the field by medics and/or by hospital personnel.

6.  The Awards Branch of the U.S. Total Army Personnel command verified that the applicant’s name was listed on the Vietnam Casualty Roster and/or wounded in action on 5 May 1968.

7.  The existence of new evidence requires Board consideration. 

CONCLUSIONS:

1. The applicant is entitled to award of the Purple Heart as evidenced by his name on the Vietnam Casualty Roster of 1968 as a battle casualty.

2.  Therefore, in view of the foregoing findings and conclusions, correcting the applicant’s records as recommended below would rectify an injustice.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing that the individual concerned is entitled to the Purple Heart.  

BOARD VOTE:

__CLA __  __CLG__   __DPH__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		____Celia L. Adolphi__
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR200157764	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	2001.09.11	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	1968.06.15	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 635-200 CH 5	
DISCHARGE REASON	SCHOOL RELEASE	
BOARD DECISION	Grant	
REVIEW AUTHORITY	DASA	
ISSUES         1.	A107.0015	
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