PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:                 13 January 2000             
	DOCKET NUMBER:        AR1999029362

	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. Beverly A. Young		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Ernest M. Willcher		Chairperson	
	Mr. Ernest W. Lutz, Jr.		Member	
	Ms. Margaret V. Thompson		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 addition of the Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) to his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty).

3.  The applicant states that his DD Form 214 does not show his final and highest award.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Army on 11 September 1958.  He reenisted on 19 September 1962 and remained on active duty through continuous enlistments until he retired in the rank of master sergeant on 28 February 1985.  His DD Form 214 does not show the MSM as an authorized award.

5.  The applicant provided U.S. Army Field Artillery Center Permanent Orders Number 32-46, dated 19 February 1985, which awarded him the MSM.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was awarded the MSM; therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show this award.

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 the individual concerned was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. 

BOARD VOTE:  

EMW____  EWL____  MVT____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Ernest M. Willcher____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999029362	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000113	
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.