PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            8 December 1999                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999030676

	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. Loren G. Harrell		Director	
	Mr. W. W. Osborn, Jr.		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. James P. Huber		Member	
	Mr. Arthur A. Omartian		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.  Applicant requests reconsideration of his previous application to correct his records by awarding him the Purple Heart.  He states that the Board apparently did have his medical records.  He submits a copy of them.
 
3.  The Memorandum of Consideration of the Board’s 8 December 1998 review of his request is incorporated herein by reference as if wholly set forth.

4.  The applicant ‘s service medical records contain a 24 February 1968 request for an eye clinic consultation that reports the applicant had reported to the battalion aid station on 10 February complaining of something in his right eye following a firefight.  Nothing was seen then, but shrapnel could now be observed. The fragment was removed by the eye clinic, but a scar resulted.  

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was treated for a wound received under qualifying conditions should be awarded the Purple Heart.

2.  In view of the foregoing findings and conclusions, correcting the applicant’s records as recommended below would rectify an injustice.

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 Purple Heart for a wound sustained while in action against the enemy on 10 February 1968.                 
BOARD VOTE:

__RVO___ __JPH__  __AAO__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr._____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999030676	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED		
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19991208	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.00	
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