PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            2 March 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999031469

	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.  

	Ms. Deborah L. Brantley		Senior Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Edwin S. Castle		Chairperson	
	Ms. Kathleen A. Newman		Member	
	Ms. Debra Williams		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 his military records be corrected to reflect award of the Purple Heart.

3.  Records indicate the applicant served on active duty between December 1950 and September 1952.  He was wounded as a result of hostile actions on 6 March 1952 “in the vicinity of Hill 841” in North Korea.  Orders confirming his award are contained in his military file.  However, the award was omitted from his separation document and item 29 (wounds) on the report incorrectly reflects “NONE.”

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant was wounded on 6 March 1952 while in Korea but the award was omitted from his separation document.

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:

a.  by showing that the individual concerned was awarded the Purple Heart; and

	b.  by correcting item 29 (wounds) on his DD Form 214 to reflect “North Korea, 6 March 1952.”

BOARD VOTE:  

__esc___  ___kan__  ___dw___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999031469	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000302	
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.	107.00	
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