PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:                 16 December 1999
           DOCKET NUMBER:        AR1999031863

	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	
	Ms. Joyce A. Wright		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Fred K. McCoy		Chairperson	
	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		Member	
	Mr. Stanley Kelley		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 his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) be corrected to show that he was awarded the Army Achievement Medal (AAM).

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that his DD Form 214 does not show the
AAM.  In support of his application he submits an award certificate for the AAM.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he entered active duty on 8 January 1980 as a light weapons infantryman and was honorably discharged on 16 December 1982.  His discharge document does not show the AAM as an authorized award.

5.  The applicant provided an award certificate, which shows that he was awarded the AAM on 9 December 1982.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was awarded the Army Achievement Medal on 9 December 1982.  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show this award.

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 in item 13 (Awards and Decorations) of his DD Form 214 that he was awarded the Army Achievement Medal.

BOARD VOTE:  

FKM____  RVO_____  SK_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Fred K. McCoy_________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999031863	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19991215	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19921216	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR  635-200	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  71		
2.  		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.