PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:           27 June 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999029430

	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. Carl W. S. Chun		Director	
	Mr. Robert J. McGowan		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Mark D. Manning		Chairperson	
	Mr. Walter T. Morrison		Member	
	Mr. Curtis L. Greenway		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 he be awarded the Army Good Conduct Medal (AGCM).

3.  The applicant, now a First Lieutenant, states that he had qualifying enlisted service from 7 October 1992 to 10 August 1995.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army for 3 years on 7 October 1992.  He was honorably discharged on 10 August 1995 in order to enter the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program.

5.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 prescribes Army policy, criteria, and administrative instructions concerning individual military awards.  It states, in pertinent part, that the AGCM is authorized for a first award only, upon termination of service on or after 27 June 1950, of less than 3 years, but more than 1 year.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant terminated a period of enlisted service of less than 3 years, but more than 1 year on 10 August 1995.  According to the governing regulation, he qualifies for the initial award of the AGCM.

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 AGCM for his enlisted service from 7 October 1992 through 10 August 1995.

BOARD VOTE:  

__mdm___  __wtm__  __clg___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		  __Mark  D. Manning___
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999029430	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000627	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY	DASA	
ISSUES         1.	107.0056	
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