PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:             29 March 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR1999029085

	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. W. E. Schnupp		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Robert G. Hinkle		Chairperson	
	Mr. Mark D. Manning		Member	
	Mr. James P. Steuve		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 the social security number (SSN) on his DD Form 214, Report of Transfer or Discharge, be corrected and that the Purple Heart be added to the form.

3.  The applicant states that the first three digits of his SSN should be  not as shown on the DD Form 214.  Also, he was awarded the Purple Heart for injuries suffered in Vietnam and it is not shown on the DD Form 214.

4.  In support of his request, he has furnished a copy of his DD Form 214 and a copy of General Orders Number 49, dated 11 March 1970 showing that he was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in Vietnam on 10 March 1970.

5.  The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted on 5 June 1969 and served from November 1969 to March 1970 in Vietnam as an infantryman.  He was honorably separated and transferred to the USAR on 30 May 1971 in pay grade E-4.

6.  Awards shown on his DD Form 214 include the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal.

7.  Numerous documents in the applicant’s Military Personnel Records Jacket show his SSN beginning with the digits .  Likewise, his enlisted qualification record shows that he sustained shrapnel wounds to the back and leg on            10 March 1970.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Evidence provided by the applicant and evidence in his record shows that he was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in Vietnam on       10 March 1970 and is entitled to have that award reflected on his DD Form 214.

2.  Similarly, evidence in his record shows that an error was made that resulted in recording his SSN with the first three digits as when in fact the first three digits should be .  Accordingly, it would be appropriate to correct the SSN on his DD Form 214 to show the SSN beginning with the digits .

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 first three digits of the SSN of the individual concerned begins with the digits –  instead of ;

	b.  showing that he was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in Vietnam on 10 March 1970; and

	c.  issuing to him a correction to his DD Form 214 reflecting the aforementioned changes.

BOARD VOTE:  

_rgh  ___  __mdm __  __jps ___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_________Robert G. Hinkle______
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999029085	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	YYYYMMDD	
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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6.