PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:

	BOARD DATE:            9 February 2000       
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999029320

	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. Deborah L. Brantley		Senior Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Ms. Deborah S. Jacobs		Member	
	Ms. Carol Jo Suiter		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 military records be corrected to reflect award of the Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal and Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal.  He states that the awards were omitted from his separation report at the time he was released from active duty.

3.  Records indicate the applicant was commissioned as a USAR second lieutenant on 7 June 1966 and entered active duty on 30 August 1966.  He arrived in Vietnam August 1967.  On 28 November 1967 the applicant was wounded as a result of hostile action and awarded the Purple Heart.  The 4th Infantry Division, on 9 February 1968, published orders confirming award of the Purple Heart.  The applicant was awarded a Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service during the period July 1967 through July 1968.  However, orders confirming award of the Bronze Star Medal were not published by the 4th Infantry Division until after the applicant returned to the United States in July 1968.

4.  The applicant was released from active duty on 17 July 1968.  His DD Form 214, issued at the time of his release from active duty, did not reflect entitlement to the Purple Heart or Bronze Star Medal.

5.  Subsequent to the applicant’s separation from active duty he continued to serve as a USAR officer with a reserve unit in Rhode Island and on 7 August 1972 was awarded the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal for the period 25 July 1968 through 24 July 1972.

6.  He remained a member of the Reserve unit until he was honorably discharged from the USAR on 20 October 1977.

7.  Army Regulation 635-5 establishes the policies and procedures for the preparation and distribution of the DD Form 214.  At the time the applicant was released from active duty it stated that item 24 (awards/decorations) would reflect those awards and decorations which were awarded to the individual concerned during the period of service captured by the separation report.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medal, however, they were omitted from his DD Form 214 at the time he was released from active duty in July 1968.

2.  While the evidence also confirms the applicant was awarded an Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal, that medal was awarded to the applicant after his release from active duty and as such would not be recorded on his 1968 DD Form 214.

3.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing that the applicant was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medal prior to being released from active duty in July 1968.

2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied 

BOARD VOTE:  

___dsj__  ____cjs_  ___rvo__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999029320	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000209	
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         1.46	107.00	
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