PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      

	BOARD DATE:             30 March 2000                 
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR1999029703

	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. Barbara J. Ellis		Chairperson	
	Mr. Hubert O. Fry, Jr.		Member	
	Mr. Ernest W. Lutz, Jr.		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 the Purple Heart be added to his DD Form 214, Report of Transfer of Discharge.

3.  The applicant states he was awarded the Purple Heart for injuries suffered in Vietnam on 26 April 1969 but the award is not reflected on his DD Form 214.

4.  In support of his request, he has provided a copy of his DD Form 214 and a copy of the Purple Heart Certificate showing him as the recipient.

5.  The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted on 14 May 1968 and served with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Vietnam from December 1968 to December 1969.  He was honorably separated to the USAR on             17 December 1969 in the grade of specialist-four. 

6.  His awards include the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Combat Infantryman Badge.

7.  His Enlisted Qualification Record reflects that he was wounded in action in Vietnam on 26 April 1969 and awarded the Purple Heart.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant’s record and the information he provided substantiates that he was awarded the Purple Heart on 26 April 1969 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 26 April 1969; and

	b.  issuing to him a correction to his DD Form 214 showing he was awarded the Purple Heart.

BOARD VOTE:  

__bje ___  ___hof __  __ewl___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		________Barbara J. Ellis_______
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999029703	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	1999029703	
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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