PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           2 July 2002
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2002067818

	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. Nancy L. Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Karol A. Kennedy		Chairperson	
	Mr. Arthur  A. Omartian		Member	
	Mr. Raymond J. Wagner		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 he be awarded the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.

3.  The applicant makes no additional statement.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 9 December 1966.  He served with the 2d Infantry Division in Korea from May 1967 to around July 1968, when he departed for assignment to Vietnam.  He was released from active duty on 8 December 1969.  

5.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 prescribes Army policy and criteria concerning individual military awards.  It states that the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal is awarded for service in Korea between 1 October 1966 and 30 June 1974.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant met the eligibility criteria for award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.

2.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the applicant’s DD Form 214 be amended to add the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.

BOARD VOTE:  

__KAK__  __AOA__  __RJW__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___Karol A. Kennedy___
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2002067818	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	2002/07/02	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.0072	
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5.		
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