PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           19 April 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999031451

	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.  

	Mrs. Nancy Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. James P. Huber		Chairperson	
	Mr. Elzey J. Arledge, Jr.		Member	
	Mr. Van B. Cunningham		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 Silver Star and Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) be added to his DD Form 214, Report of Separation.

3.  The applicant states that the Army erred in not adding the Silver Star and the CIB to his DD Form 214.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 19 November 1965.  He was commissioned out of Officer Candidate School and entered active duty as a second lieutenant with specialty 1542 (Infantry Unit Commander) on 7 March 1967.  

5.  The applicant arrived in Vietnam on 16 September 1967 where he performed duties as an executive officer and platoon leader with Company C, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division until he was wounded in action on 2 November 1967.  He was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action on General Orders 8766, Headquarters, 1st Infantry Division dated 10 December 1967.  He was medically retired on 20 August 1968.

6.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides for the award of the Combat Infantryman Badge to a soldier who is an infantryman satisfactorily performing infantry duties, who is assigned to an infantry unit during such time as the unit is engaged in active ground combat, and must actively participate in such ground combat. 

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows that the applicant was awarded the Silver Star and that he met the eligibility criteria for award of the CIB.

2.  In view of the foregoing, it would be in the interest of justice to correct the applicant’s records as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by awarding the Combat Infantryman Badge to the applicant and by adding the Silver Star and the Combat Infantryman Badge to his DD Form 214.

BOARD VOTE:  

__jph___  __eja___  __vbc___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			James P. Huber
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999031451	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000119	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.013	
2.	110.04	
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5.		
6.