PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:        

	BOARD DATE:             23 March 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR1999029700

	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:

	Ms. Shirley L. Powell		Chairperson	
	Mr. Roger W. 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 that his DD Form 214, Report of Transfer or Discharge, be corrected to show that he was awarded the Purple Heart.

3.  The applicant states that the Purple Heart was not included on his DD Form 214 for wounds suffered in Vietnam in 1968.

4.  In support of his request, he has provided a copy of 4th Infantry Division, General Orders Number 1106, dated 21 March 1968, which awarded him the Purple Heart for wounds received in action on 8 February 1968.

5.  The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted on 13 September 1966, served in Vietnam from July 1967 to July 1968 and was honorably released and transferred to the USAR on 3 July 1968 in the grade of sergeant.

6.  The applicant’s Enlisted Qualification Record shows, under the heading “wounds”, that he suffered a fragmentation wound to the right wrist on 8 February 1968.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  General Order Number 1106 together with information contained in his Enlisted Qualification Record substantiate that the applicant was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 8 February 1968 and is entitled to have that award reflected on his DD Form 214.

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:

	a.  showing that the individual concerned was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in Vietnam on 8 February 1968; and

	b.  issuing to him a correction to his DD Form 214 reflecting the aforementioned award.

BOARD VOTE:  

__slp____  _ra_____  __jea ___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

_    _____  ________  ____  DENY APPLICATION

		________Shirley L. Powell________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999029700	
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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