PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            23 March 2000     
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999029321

	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:

	Ms. Shirley L. Powell		Chairperson	
	Mr. Roger Able		Member	
	Mr. James e. Anderholm		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 separation document be corrected to reflect that he was wounded in action. 

3.  Records available to the Board indicate the applicant petitioned the Board in 1984 for an award of the Purple Heart.  The action was apparently forwarded to the Award’s Branch at the Total Army Personnel Command where it was determined that the applicant had in fact sustained a shrapnel wound to his left arm and wrist on 15 February 1943 as a result of hostile action.  Orders awarding the former service member the Purple Heart were issued on 12 December 1984 although no action was ever taken to correct item 34 (wounds) on his separation document or to add the award of the Purple Heart to the document.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant was wounded as a result of hostile action (shrapnel wound) on 15 February 1943 and was awarded the Purple Heart in 1984 although no action was ever taken to correct his separation document.

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 showing that the individual concerned was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds sustained on 15 February 1943 and by adding “shrapnel wound – 
15 February 1943” to item 34 (wounds) on his separation document.

BOARD VOTE:  

__slp___  ___ra___  ___jea__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999029321	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000323	
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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