PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:        

	BOARD DATE:           1 August 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999031392

	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. Kenneth H. Aucock		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Deborah S. Jacobs 		Chairperson	
	Ms. Karol A. Kennedy 		Member	
	Mr. Ernest W. Lutz, Jr.		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 Army of Occupation Medal (AOM). 
He states he was not awarded the AOM for his service in Austria.  He states that his DD Form 214 shows that he was in Austria from 3 June 1953 to 2 May 1955, which met the 30 consecutive day requirement for award of that medal.    

3.  The applicant’s military records show that he entered on active duty on            3 June 1953 and was released from active duty on 2 May 1955 in the rank of Private First Class.  His DD Form 214 shows that his most significant duty assignment was with the 518th Engineer Company in Austria.  He had 1 year,     4 months, and 19 days of foreign service. 

4.  Army Regulation 600-8-22, paragraph 5-10, provides for award of the Army of Occupation Medal for 30 consecutive days at a normal duty station while assigned to the Army of Occupation of Austria between 9 May 1945 and           27 July 1955.  Soldiers who served in the European Theater during the occupation of Europe will wear the clasp inscribed “Germany.”     

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was assigned to an engineer company in Austria.  He had over one year of foreign service.  This Board believes that his service included more than 30 consecutive days in Austria.  Consequently, he is entitled to award of the AOM with Germany clasp for his service in Austria. 

2.  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 showing that the individual concerned was awarded the Army of Occupation Medal with Germany clasp. 

BOARD VOTE:  

___kak__  ___dsj___  ___ewl__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999031392	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000801	
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.  113	107.00	
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