PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF

	BOARD DATE:            30 March 2000     
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999033398

	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. Ernest 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 military records be corrected to reflect award of the Bronze Star Medal.

3.  Records indicate the applicant served on active duty between 16 June 1944 and 17 June 1946 and was assigned to the European Theater of Operations from January 1945 until June 1946.  Subsequent to his separation from active duty he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his heroic actions on 27 April 1945.  The award was confirmed in orders published by Headquarters, US Forces, European Theater on 28 February 1947.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant was awarded an Bronze Star Medal for his heroic actions on 27 April 1945 and his records should be corrected accordingly.

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 that the individual concerned was awarded a Bronze Star Medal for his heroic actions on 27 April 1945.

BOARD VOTE:  

___bje__  __hof_  ___ewl_  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999033398	
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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6.