PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            22 March 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999028626

	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.  

	Ms. Gale Thomas		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. James M. Alward		Chairperson	
	Mr. Ted S. Kanamine		Member	
	Mr. Arthur A. Omartian		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 his records be corrected by changing his          5 November 1969, DD Form 214 (Report of Separation) to reflect in item 24, the award of the Purple Heart, the Sharpshooter Badge with Machine Gun Bar, and the Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Honor Medal First Class Unit Citation, which the applicant mistakenly refers to as the Republic of Vietnam Honor Medal and the Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Medal.  The applicant states that when his DD Form 214 was prepared, the clerk only listed the medals he was wearing.

3.  The applicant’s records show he was awarded the Purple Heart on 10 November 1968; the Sharpshooter Badge with Machine Gun Bar on 27 February 1968, and was authorized the Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Honor Medal First Class Unit Citation.  

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was awarded the Purple Heart, the Sharpshooter Badge with Machine Gun Bar, and the Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Honor Medal Honor First Class Unit Citation, and his DD Form 214, effective 5 November 1969 should be corrected to reflect these awards.

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 adding the Purple Heart, the Sharpshooter Badge for Machine Gun and the 
Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Honor Medal First Class Unit Citation, to the applicant’s DD Form 214 effective 5 November 1969.

BOARD VOTE:  

___jma__  ___tsk___  ___aao__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999028626	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000322	
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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