SUPPLEMENTAL RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:       

	BOARD DATE:            10 FEBRUARY 2004
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2004100168

	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.  A quorum was present during the further consideration and deliberation.  The findings appearing in proceedings dated 
15 May 2003 were affirmed.  The following additional findings, conclusions, and recommendations were adopted by the Board.

	Mr. Carl W. S. Chun		Director	
	Ms. Deborah L. Brantley		Senior Analyst	

	The Board convened at the call of the Director on the above date to reconsider the conclusions and recommendation appearing in proceedings dated 
15 May 2003.

	Mr. John N. Slone		Chairperson	
	Mr. Richard T. Dunbar		Member	
	Mr. Linda M. Barker		Member	

	The applicant and counsel, if any, did not appear before the Board.

	The Board considered the following additional evidence:

	Exhibit C – Memorandum of Consideration, 14 May 2003

CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE:

Information received in regard to the decision of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) in Docket Number AR2002080795, dated 15 May 2003, indicates that service information contained in the original memorandum of consideration was extracted from the separation document pertaining to another individual and not the applicant.

The applicant’s separation document indicates that he entered active duty on 
17 March 1944, not 25 February, that he returned to the United States in April 1946, not February, and that he was released from active duty on 17 May 1946, not 13 March as reflected in the Board’s original memorandum of consideration.

The remaining information, used to determine whether the applicant had been wounded in action, was accurate and as such no other changes are required and the conclusion of the Board, that there was insufficient evidence on which to base an award of the Purple Heart, remains valid.

However, the applicant’s separation document does indicate the he had been awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge during World War II and as such is entitled to an award of the Bronze Star Medal as conversion award based on that decoration.

Army Regulation 600-8-22 also provides, in pertinent part, that the Bronze Star Medal is awarded for heroism and for meritorious achievement or service in military operations against an armed enemy.  The Bronze Star Medal is authorized for each individual who was cited in orders or awarded a certificate for exemplary conduct in ground combat between 7 December 1941 and 
2 September 1945 or whose such achievement or service, during that period, was confirmed by documents executed prior to 1 July 1947.  An award of the Combat Infantryman Badge or the Combat Medical Badge is considered to be a citation in orders.  This means, in effect, that the Bronze Star Medal is to be awarded to individuals who were authorized either badge for service during World War II

BOARD VOTE:

________  ________  ________  GRANT RELIEF 

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

__JNS __  __RTD __  __LMB __  DENY APPLICATION

BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:

The Board determined that in spite of utilizing another individual’s separation document to determine when the applicant entered active duty, served overseas, and was discharged; there was still insufficient evidence on which to base an award of the Purple Heart.  However, the applicant’s records can be administratively corrected to show entitlement to the Bronze Star Medal as a conversion award based on his World War II Combat Infantryman Badge, in addition to the Army of Occupation Medal with “Germany” clasp noted in the Board’s original proceedings.

		____ John N. Slone_______
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR 2004100168	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20040210	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	DENY	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.00	
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