PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:.

	BOARD DATE:            30 March 2000     
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999031673

	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:

	Ms. Barbara J. Ellis		Chairperson	
	Mr. Hubert O. Fry, Jr.		Member	
	Mr. Enest 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 that his records be corrected to reflect two awards of the Purple Heart.  He states that he was wounded twice while in combat and that the information is confirmed on his DD Form 214.

3.  Records available to the Board indicate the applicant served on active duty between February 1951 and February 1954 with more than 7 months of overseas service.  According to item 29 (wounds received as a result of action with enemy forces) on his DD Form 214, the applicant sustained a gunshot wound to his left wrist on 11 October 1951.  The combat wound is confirmed in medical documents contained in the applicant’s file.  There is however, no indication he was ever awarded the Purple Heart.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant was wounded on 11 October 1951 as a result of hostile action during the Korean War and as such is entitled to an award of the Purple Heart based on that wound.  There is, however, no evidence, and the applicant has not provided any, that he was wounded a second time.  His DD Form 214 confirms only one wound.

2.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by awarding the individual concerned the Purple Heart for wounds sustained on 11 October 1951 during the Korean War.

2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied.

BOARD VOTE:  

___bje__  ___hof__  ___ewl__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999031673	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000330	
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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