PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:         

	BOARD DATE:             20 April 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR1999030372

	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. Walter Avery, Jr.		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Walter T. Morrison		Chairperson	
	Mr. Roger W. Able		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 award of the Purple Heart.

3.  The applicant states he was awarded the Purple Heart, but the award is not reflected on his DD Form 214.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted on 6 April 1967 and served with Company B, 4th Battalion 47th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam from September 1967 to March 1968.  He was honorably separated on 20 December 1968 in the grade of specialist-four. 

5.  His awards include the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal.

6.  His records reflect a 16 May 1969 letter awarding him the Purple Heart for wounds received as a result of hostile action in Vietnam on 14 February 1968. 

7.  A Clinical Record Cover Sheet is present in the record that indicates the applicant received multiple wounds received by hostile forces grenade fragments, 1000 hours, 14 February 1968, Republic of Vietnam.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant’s records substantiates that he was awarded the Purple Heart and is therefore entitled to have that award reflected on his DD Form 214.

2.  The evidence of record shows that the applicant is authorized the following awards and should have his DD Form 214 corrected to reflect the Army Good Conduct Medal, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm and the Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Honor Medal in addition to the awards already shown thereon.

3.  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, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm and the Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Honor Medal; and

b.  issuing a correction to his DD Form 214 reflecting his entitlement to the aforementioned awards.

BOARD VOTE:  

__wtm___  ___rwa__  __mvt ___ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		      ________Walter T. Morrison_____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999030372	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	1999030372	
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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