PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           29 June 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999033896

	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	
	Mrs. Nancy Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. JoAnn H. Langston		Chairperson	
	Mr. John N. Slone		Member	
	Mr. Melvin H. Meyer		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 he receive the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (AFEM).

3.  The applicant states that his unit went to Lebanon and jumped into the Beirut Airport.  His jump pay records will show this.  He was awarded the AFEM but never received it.

4.  The applicant’s military records were lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center fire in 1973.  Information contained herein was obtained from reconstructed records including several original pay records.

5.  The applicant enlisted in the Regular Army on 25 October 1956.  DD Form 113, Military Pay Record, shows that he reported to Company B, 187th Infantry, 1st Battle Group, 24th Infantry Division, Army Post Office (APO) 112 on 1 July 1958.  On 16 July 1958, the unit’s APO changed to 379.  On 21 October 1958, the unit’s APO changed back to 112.  The DD Form 113 shows that the applicant met parachute pay requirements for the months June through November 1958.  He was honorably separated on 23 October 1959.

6.  On 21 June 2000, the Military Postal Service Agency confirmed that APO 379 moved from Frankfurt, Germany to Beirut, Lebanon in July 1958.

7.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 prescribes Army policy and criteria concerning individual military awards.  It states that the AFEM is awarded for service after    1 July 1958 to personnel meeting certain qualifications such as being a bona fide member of a unit and engaged in the operation for which the AFEM is authorized.  Lebanon from 1 July 1958 to 1 November 1958 is listed as a designated military operation authorized the AFEM.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record supports the applicant’s contention that he is entitled to award of the AFEM.  The Board accepts his contention that he never received the medal.

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 the applicant is entitled to award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for service in Lebanon between 16 July and 21 October 1958 and by providing him the medal set for the award.

BOARD VOTE:  

__jhl___  __jns___  __mhm___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			JoAnn H. Langston
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999033896	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000629	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.0072	
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