PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            10 May 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR1999030900

	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. Carl W. S. Chun		Director	
	Mr. W. E. Schnupp		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Margaret K. Patterson		Chairperson	
	Mr. George D. Paxson		Member	
	Mr. Thomas B. Redfern		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 Bronze Star Medal (BSM) be listed on his   WD AGO Form 53-55, Enlisted Record and Report of Separation.

3.  The applicant states that the BSM was left off of his discharge.  In support of his request, he has furnished a copy of a BSM Certificate showing himself as the recipient and a copy of his WD AGO Form 53-55.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted on 20 July 1944 and served 6 months and 11 days in the European Theater of Operations.  He was honorably discharged at demobilization on 21 June 1946 in the grade of private first class.

5.  His awards include the American Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB), the World War II Victory Medal and the Honorable Service Lapel Button.

6.  The BSM Certificate furnished by the applicant was issued to him on 8 June 1948 for meritorious achievement in the Ardennes Campaign during  World War II.

7.  Subsequent to the cessation of hostilities during World War II, the regulation governing the award of the Bronze Star Medal was changed, in part, to provide for the award of this decoration to those individuals who had been awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge or the Combat Medical Badge for meritorious achievement in ground combat against the armed enemy between 7 December 1941 and 2 September 1945.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The documentation provided by the applicant confirms that he was awarded the BSM for meritorious achievement for participation in the Ardennes Campaign. 

2.  Additionally, he was also awarded the CIB during World War II and based on the revised procedures for awarding the BSM to holders of the CIB, he is entitled to a second award of the BSM.

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 BSM with oak leaf cluster for meritorious achievement during World War II; and

	b.  issuing a correction to his WD AGO Form 53-55 reflecting the aforementioned award.

BOARD VOTE:  

___mkp _  ___gdp__  ___tbr __  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_Margaret K. Patterson__
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999030900	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000510	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT PLUS)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  107.00		
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6.