PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:       

	BOARD DATE:             27 June 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR1999032091

	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. Carl W. S. Chun		Director	
	Mr. W. E. Schnupp		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Mark D. Manning		Chairperson	
	Mr. Walter T. Morrison		Member	
	Mr. Curtis L. Greenway		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 DD Form 214, Report of Separation, be corrected to show that he was awarded the Purple Heart.

3.  The applicant states that his mother was advised by Western Union Telegram from the Army that he had been wounded in action on 27 July 1950 in Korea.  In support of his request, he has included a copy of his DD Form 214 and a copy of the telegram to his mother concerning his wounds.

4.  The applicant’s military records were lost or destroyed in the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center.  Information herein is based upon documents that he has submitted.

5.  His DD Form 214 shows that he enlisted on 18 February 1948 for 3 years and that his enlistment was involuntarily extended for 1 year.  He served 1 year,         8 months and 10 days in Korea and was honorably discharged on 17 February 1952 in the grade of corporal.  The DD Form 214 includes the notation in block 29 (wounds received as a result of action with enemy forces) “Shrapnel wound – Back 27 July 50 Hodoag, Korea

6.  The Western Union Telegram included with his application was dispatched by The Adjutant General of the Army and states that the applicant was slightly wounded in action in Korea on 27 July 1950.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows that the applicant was wounded in action in Korea on 27 July 1950 and is entitled to the award of the Purple Heart for that wound.

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:

	a.  showing that the individual concerned was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in Korea on 27 July 1950; and

	b.  issuing to him the Purple Heart and a correction to his DD Form 214 reflecting the award.

BOARD VOTE:  

___mdm_  __wtm___  __clg___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_________Mark D. Manning________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999032091	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000627	
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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