PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           16 October 2001    
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2001061206

	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. Wanda L. Waller		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor		Chairperson	
	Mr. Donald P. Hupman		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 award of the Purple Heart.

3.  The applicant states that he would like the Purple Heart entered on his DD Form 214 (Report of Separation from the Armed Forces of the United States).   

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted on 24 March 1948, served in Korea and was honorably discharged on 5 May 1952.  His DD Form 214 does not show the Purple Heart as an authorized award.

5.  The applicant’s service personnel records contain a WD AGO Form 0707 (Record of Award of Purple Heart) which shows that Osaka Army Hospital General Orders Number 398, dated 30 December 1950, awarded the applicant the Purple Heart for wounds received in action on 8 December 1950 in Korea.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Evidence of record shows the applicant was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action on 8 December 1950 in Korea.  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his DD Form 214 to show that he was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action on 8 December 1950 in Korea.

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 that the individual concerned was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action on 8 December 1950 in Korea. 

BOARD VOTE:  

RVO___  DPH_____  RKS____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__Raymond V. O’Connor____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2001061206	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20011016	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.0015	
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