PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:     

	BOARD DATE:           3 October 2002                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2002073070

	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. Edmund P. Mercanti		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Irene N. Wheelwright		Chairperson	
	Mr. Walter T. Morrison 		Member	
	Mr. Charles Gainor		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 that his Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Silver Star and his Bronze Star Medal (BSM) be added to his DD Form 214, Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge.

3.  The applicant submits copies of documents which show that he was awarded the Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Silver Star and BSM.  These documents include General Orders Number 199, 1st Aviation Brigade, dated 24 August 1966, which awarded the applicant the BSM; and a letter from Headquarters, US Army Vietnam (USARV), dated 22 November 1966, which states that the Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Silver Star, awarded to the applicant by the Republic of Vietnam for his heroic actions during the period 4 and 5 April 1966, had been accepted and approved by the Commanding General, USARV.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was commissioned in the Regular Army on 15 June 1956 with 2 years, 7 months and 26 days of prior active enlisted service.  He was awarded the area of concentration of fixed wing aviator and was promoted to major.

5.  The applicant served in Vietnam from 24 August 1965 to 16 August 1966.  While in Vietnam, he was assigned to the 56th Transportation Company from 26 August to 4 October 1965, and the 73rd Aviation Company from 5 October 1965 to 12 August 1966.

6.  The applicant was honorably released from active duty on 30 November 1966 by reason of unqualified resignation.  His separation document shows that he was awarded the Senior Army Aviator Badge, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Vietnam Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, and the Air Medal with six oak leaf clusters.

7.  Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-3, Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register, shows that the applicant served in Vietnam during the Vietnam Defense Campaign (8 March to 24 December 1965), the Vietnam Counteroffensive (25 December 1965 to 30 June 1966), and the Vietnam Counteroffensive Phase II (I July 1966 to 31 May 1967).

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was, in fact, awarded the BSM and the Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Silver Star, and has the proper documents to substantiate that those decorations should have been entered on his DD Form 214.

2.  In addition, the applicant should also have been awarded three bronze service stars to his Vietnam Service Medal, and two MUC's.

3.  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:

	a.  showing that the individual concerned was awarded three bronze service stars to his Vietnam Service Medal;

	b.  showing he was awarded two MUC's; and

	c.  by adding these decorations to his DD Form 214 along with his BSM and the Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Silver Star.

BOARD VOTE:  

___wtm__  ___inw__  ___cg___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__________Irene N. Wheelwright_____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2002073070	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20021003	
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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