PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:                16 December 1999
	DOCKET NUMBER:        AR1999031985

	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 her DD Form 214 (Report of Separation from Active Duty) be corrected to show that she was awarded the Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM).

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that her DD Form 214 does not show the ARCOM.  In support her application she submits a copy of her DD Form 214 and a copy of an award certificate for the ARCOM. 

4.  The applicant’s military records show that she entered active duty on 31 January 1974 as a stock accounting control specialist and was honorably discharged on 28 January 1977.  Her discharge document does not show the ARCOM as an authorized award.

5.  The applicant provided an award certificate, which shows that she was awarded the ARCOM on 28 January 1977.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was awarded the Army Commendation Medal on 28 January 1977.  Therefore, she is entitled to correction of her 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 26 (Decorations and Awards) of her DD Form 214 that she was awarded the Army Commendation Medal.

BOARD VOTE:  

FKM____  RVO_____  SK_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Fred K. McCoy_________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX
CASE ID	AR1999031985	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19991216	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19740131	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . 635-200	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1. 66		
2.		
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