IN THE CASE OF:	

		BOARD DATE:	  30 September 2008

		DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20080007967 


THE BOARD CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE:

1.  Application for correction of military records (with supporting documents provided, if any).

2.  Military Personnel Records and advisory opinions (if any).


THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE:

1.  The applicant requests reconsideration of his earlier request to add the Meritorious Unit Commendation (MUC) to his DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge).

2.  The applicant states he was informed that he could request reconsideration within a year of his original request.  He has located the general orders awarding his unit the MUC.

3.  The applicant provides two letters, both dated 11 December 2007, from the Board; page 5 from the original Board consideration of his case; his DD Form 214; and page 1 of Department of the Army General Orders Number 6, dated      19 March 1976.

CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE:

1.  Incorporated herein by reference are military records which were summarized in the previous consideration of the applicant's case by the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) in Docket Number AR20070007939 on  6 December 2007.

2.  The applicant entered active duty on 4 February 1970 as a second lieutenant.


3.  The applicant arrived in Vietnam and was assigned to the 45th Military Intelligence (MI) Company, 519th MI Battalion, 525th MI Group, with duty at the Combined Intelligence Center, Vietnam, on 29 January 1971.  He departed Vietnam on 21 October 1971.

4.  On 22 October 1971, the applicant was honorably released from active duty.  The MUC is not listed on his DD Form 214.

5.  Previously, the applicant had provided evidence from the U. S. Army Center for Military History website showing the 519th MI Battalion was awarded the MUC for service in Vietnam in 1971 – 1972.  Neither the inclusive dates of the period of the award nor the Department of the Army General Orders Number which awarded the MUC to the unit was available on the website.

6.  Department of the Army General Orders Number 6, dated 19 March 1976, awarded the MUC to the 525th MI Group for the period 1 January 1971 to           5 March 1973 and to a number of its subordinate units, to include the 519th MI Battalion (for the period 1 January 1971 to 18 October 1972).

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant provided the Department of the Army General Orders that corroborated the information contained in the U. S. Army Center for Military History website showing the 525th MI Group, to include its subordinate unit the 519th MI Battalion, was awarded the MUC during a period of time the applicant was assigned to the Group/Battalion.

2.  The MUC should be added to the applicant’s DD Form 214.

BOARD VOTE:

________XX  __XX______  ___XX_____  GRANT FULL RELIEF

________  ________  ________  GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:

The Board determined that the evidence presented was sufficient to warrant amendment of the ABCMR’s decision in Docket Number AR20070007939 dated 6 December 2007.  As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by adding the Meritorious Unit Commendation to his DD Form 214.




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               CHAIRPERSON
      
I certify that herein is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in this case.



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