PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      

	BOARD DATE:           14 FEBRUARY 2002
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2001063698

	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. John N. Slone 		Chairperson	
	Ms. Barbara J. Ellis		Member	
	Mr. John E. Denning		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.  He states that his DD Form 214 reflects that he sustained gunshot wounds to the right leg and hand, but he was never awarded the Purple Heart.  

3.  Information available to the Board indicates he entered active duty in September 1947 and served approximately 5 months overseas. 

4.  According to files maintained by the Office of The Surgeon General, commonly referred to as SGO files, the applicant was hospitalized between January and August 1951 as a result of gunshot wounds to his leg and hand.  The files confirm the wound was the result of hostile action.  On 24 September 1951 he was discharged.  Item 29 (wounds received as a result of action with enemy forces) reflects the applicant's gunshot wounds.

5.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, that the Purple Heart is awarded for wounds sustained as a result of hostile action.  Substantiating evidence must be provided to verify that the wound was the result of hostile action, the wound must have required treatment by a medical officer, and the medical treatment must have been made a matter of official record.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant was wounded as a result of hostile action in January 1951, while in Korea.  He is entitled to an award of the Purple Heart.

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 awarding the individual concerned the Purple Heart for wounds sustained in January 1951 as a result of hostile action. 

BOARD VOTE:  

__JNS __  __BJE___  __JED __  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

__          _  __        __  __              DENY APPLICATION

		____ John N. Slone___
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2001063698	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20020214	
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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