PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      

	BOARD DATE:           29 September 1999
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-07666A
				   AR1999031178

	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. Fred N. Eichorn		Chairperson	
	Mr. Thomas A. Pagan		Member	
	Ms. Meta Waller		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, in effect, that he be authorized several awards and that they be listed on his discharge document.

3.  The applicant states that he wants his DD Form 214 (report of discharge or separation) amended to include “all of my service records.  He lists Company A, 1ST Battalion, 242nd Infantry, 3rd. Platoon; Presidential Unit citation for the above; three French Medals, Korea 1950 - Company A, 1st. Battalion, 32nd. Infantry; UN Service medal, Korean Service Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) (second award), and the Purple Heart.  He submits copies of his World war II discharge document and subsequent DD Forms 214, a copy of the general orders awarding the Valorous Unit Citation (now the Presidential Unit Citation), a copy of a telegram stating he was wounded in Korea on 20 September 1950; and a DD Form 215 (change to DD Form 215 showing his 1965 DD Form 215 was amended to show that wound.

4.  The Memorandum of Consideration of the Board’s 3 June 1998 review of his request is incorporated herein by reference as if wholly set forth.

5.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 that the Presidential Unit Citation (PUC) (know as the Distinguished Unit Citation until 3 November 1966) is awarded for extraordinary heroism in action.  A unit must display such gallantry,  determination and esprit de corps in accomplishing its mission as would warrant award of the Distinguished Service Cross to an individual.  Army Pamphlet 672-1
(unit citation and campaign register) indicates that First Battalion 242nd. Infantry was authorized this award for action on 9 January 1945.  A DA Form 1577 (authorization for issue of awards) prepared by the Army Reserve Personnel Center , on 7 January 1992 authorized the issuance of the PUC.  However there is no corresponding DD Form 215. 

6.  The directions for completing DD Forms 214 have change from time to time.  When the applicant was discharged in 1950 only the awards authorized during that period of service were to be listed.  In 1962 all authorized awards were to have been listed, but by the time he retired in 1965 only those awards received during that period of service were to be listed.  Similar provisions applied to the listing of wounds  

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was authorized the PUC and it should be listed on his discharge document.

2.  He was awarded the CIB in both World War II and Korea and the appropriate DD Forms 214 should reflect that fact.

3.  The applicant was wounded in action on 20 September 1950 and his DD Form 214 for the appropriate period  should reflect that fact.

4.  The historical intent of discharge documents has been to capture the highlights of service members’ periods of service and (where possible) to help them qualify for civilian employment.  It was never the intent that a discharge document summarize a career.  Furthermore, there have been times (as in this case) where regulatory provisions directed that they list only information that related a that specific period of service.  Thus, it is improper to construct a DD Form 214 that would include all of the applicant’s periods of service. 

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

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by:

	a.  amending Block 33 of his WD AGO 53-55 to add the Presidential Unit Citation;

	b.  amending Block 26 of the applicant’s 27 May 1962  DD Form 215 by deleting the CIB and adding the CIB Second Award; and  

	c.  amending Block 27 of his 27 May 1962  DD Form 215 by deleting the current entry and adding Republic of Korea 20 September 1950.
               
2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied.

BOARD VOTE:

__FNE__  ___TAP__  __MW___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__Fred N. Eichorn____________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AC98-07666A
AR1999031178	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	19990929	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	Modify	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES        1.	107.00	
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.