MEMORANDUM OF CONSIDERATION

	IN THE CASE OF:       

	BOARD DATE:            22 March 2000                     
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999030389

	I certify that hereinafter is recorded the record of consideration 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. James M. Alward		Chairperson	
	Mr. Ted S. Kanamine		Member	
	Mr. Arthur A. Omartian		Member	

	The Board, established pursuant to authority contained in 10 U.S.C. 1552, convened at the call of the Chairperson on the above date.  In accordance with Army Regulation 15-185, the application and the available military records pertinent to the corrective action requested were reviewed to determine whether to authorize a formal hearing, recommend that the records be corrected without a formal hearing, or to deny the application without a formal hearing if it is determined that insufficient relevant evidence has been presented to demonstrate the existence of probable material error or injustice.

	The applicant requests correction of military records as stated in the application to the Board and as restated herein.

	The Board considered the following evidence:

	Exhibit A - Application for correction of military 
                records
	Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including
	            advisory opinion, if any)

APPLICANT REQUESTS:  Correction of her DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to show the awards she received based on her service in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm and to show her foreign service in support of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm.

APPLICANT STATES:  That her DD Form 214 is not updated with all the dates of service including activation during the Persian Gulf conflict and medals awarded.

EVIDENCE OF RECORD:  The applicant's military records show:

The applicant enlisted in the Regular Army on 24 March 1987 for a period of three years.  She completed training as a material control and accounting specialist and was assigned to Germany.  On 23 March 1990, the applicant was honorably released from active duty and transferred to the U.S. Army Reserve (USAR) Control Group (Reinforcement). 

A DD Form 214 in the applicant’s personnel records shows that she was ordered to active duty in support of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm on 31 January 1991 and was transferred back to the USAR the next day.  

The applicant’s records contain a DD Form 220 (Active Duty Report) which shows she was ordered to active duty for the period 31 January 1991 to 1 February 1991.  

There are no orders in the applicant’s records which show she was deployed to SWA or served any other period of active duty in support of Operation Desert Shield/Desert.

The Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) compiled the Desert Shield/Storm Data Base.  The primary Desert Shield/Storm file contains one record for each active duty member who participated in-theater between 2 August 1990 and 31 July 1991 and one record for each Reservist, National Guard member or retiree who was activated or federalized in response to Desert Shield/Desert Storm.  A Phase II file lists active duty personnel who served in-theater between 1 August 1991 and 31 December 1993.  This document does not show that the applicant served in SWA.

Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides that service in the Persian Gulf War is to be recognized by award of the Southwest Asia Service Medal (SWASM) to Army members who participated in Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm in the designated area on or after 2 August 1990.  A bronze service star is authorized for the Defense of Saudi Arabia (2 August 1990 to 16 January 1991) and the Liberation and Defense of Kuwait (17 January to 11 April 1991), and the Cease-fire Campaign (12 April 1991 to 30 October 1995).

The Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KLM-SA) was approved on 3 January 1992 and is awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who participated in the Persian Gulf War between 17 January 1991 and 28 February 1991.

The Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Government of Kuwait 
(KLM-K) was approved on 9 November 1995 and is awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who participated in the Persian Gulf War between 2 August 1990 and 31 August 1993.

Army Regulation 635-5 establishes the standardized policy for preparing and distributing the DD Form 214.  In pertinent part, it directs that foreign service performed during the period covered by the DD Form 214 will be entered in item 12f. The regulation also states that the amount of foreign service will be taken from the soldier’s Enlisted Qualification Record or, if necessary, verified from the soldier’s Military Personnel Records Jacket.  Deployments for training or temporary duty are not considered foreign service.

Army Regulation 635-5 establishes the policies and procedures for completion and distribution of the DD Form 214.  In pertinent part, it states that item 18 (Remarks) is used for entries required by Headquarters Department of the Army for which a separate block is not available and for completing entries that are too long for their blocks.  Department of the Army issued guidance to report service in Southwest Asia in item 18 (Remarks) of the DD Form 214.

DISCUSSION:  Considering all the evidence, allegations, and information presented by the applicant, together with the evidence of record, applicable law and regulations, it is concluded:

1.  There is no evidence available to the Board, and the applicant has provided no evidence, to show that she was deployed to SWA in support of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm.  Therefore, she is not entitled to correction of her records to show award of the SWASM, the KLM-SA or the KLM-K.

2.  There is no substantial evidence in the applicant’s personnel records which shows that she served overseas.  Therefore, she is not entitled to correction of her records to show foreign service in SWA in item 18 (Remarks) of her DD Form 214.

3.  In order to justify correction of a military record the applicant must show to the satisfaction of the Board, or it must otherwise satisfactorily appear, that the record is in error or unjust.  The applicant has failed to submit evidence that would satisfy the aforementioned requirement.

4.  In view of the foregoing, there is no basis for granting the applicant's request.
DETERMINATION:  The applicant has failed to submit sufficient relevant evidence to demonstrate the existence of probable error or injustice.

BOARD VOTE:

________  ________  ________  GRANT

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

JMA____  TSK_____  AAO____  DENY APPLICATION

Karl F. Schneider
Director, Army Review Boards Agency

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999030389	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000322 	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR .  .  .  .  .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	DENY	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.00	
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