SUPPLEMENTAL PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:     

	BOARD DATE:           09 December 1999
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999034098

	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.  A quorum was present during the further consideration and deliberation.  The findings appearing in proceedings dated 22 September l999 were affirmed.  The following additional findings, conclusions, and recommendation were adopted by the Board.

	Mr. Loren G. Harrell		Director	
	Mr. Richard H. Allen  		Analyst	

	The Board convened at the call of the Director on the above date to reconsider the conclusions and recommendation appearing in proceedings dated 22 September 1999.

	Ms. JoAnn Langston. 		Chairperson	
	Mr. Thomas D. Howard		Member	
	Mr. James P. Steuve 		Member	

	The applicant and counsel, if any, did not appear before the Board.

	The Board considered the following additional evidence:

Exhibit A-Board Proceedings, 22 September 1999.   

Exhibit B-Optional Form 271, CONVERSATION RECORD, dated 
       2 December l999.

THE BOARD ADDITIONALLY FINDS:

18.  On 2 December 1999, based upon a Conversation Record with the applicant’s former commanding officer, verification was received that the applicant participated in at least two amphibious assault landings in Italy during World War II.  These landings were at Salerno and at Anzio.  

19.  This information was provided to the applicant who concurred in the opinion expressed by his unit commander.  

20.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) provides, in pertinent part, for the “arrowhead ” (actually, a bronze arrowhead device) to be worn on the appropriate service medal to denote participation in a combat parachute jump, helicopter assault landing, combat glider landing, or amphibious assault landing while assigned or attached as a member of an organized force carrying out an assigned tactical mission.  The regulation specifies that individual assault credit is tied directly to the combat assault credit decision for the unit to which the soldier is assigned.  The regulation requires that the unit must be credited with a combat assault in order for the soldiers to receive credit for a combat assault and the soldier must physically exit the aircraft or the watercraft as appropriate.  The regulation also specifies that the bronze arrowhead device is authorized for wear on the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.  Only one bronze arrowhead device may be worn on a campaign medal, no matter how many landings/jumps are made.  

THE BOARD ADDITIONALLY CONCLUDES: 

9.  At the time of the Board’s 22 September 1999 decision in this case, it was the intent of the Board to make the applicant’s record as administratively correct as it should properly have been at the time of his separation from active duty. .

10.  In view of the additional evidence obtained in this case, the Board finds that its prior conclusion that there was insufficient evidence available to authorize the applicant to wear the bronze arrowhead device on his European-African-Middle Eastern (EAME) Campaign Medal was in error.

11.  The Board now concludes that there is sufficient evidence to grant the applicant the entitlement to wear the bronze arrowhead device on his EAME Campaign Medal, due to his participation in assault landings at Salerno and Anzio, Italy, as a member of the 179th Infantry Regiment.

12.  In view of the foregoing findings and conclusions, it would be appropriate to correct the applicant’s records as recommended below.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by amending the Board’s recommendation appearing in the proceedings, dated 22 September l999, to show that the individual concerned is authorized to wear the bronze arrowhead device on his EAME Campaign Medal.                   .

BOARD VOTE:

__JHL___  __JPS___  _TDH   _  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999034098	
SUFFIX		
RECON	19990922	
DATE BOARDED	19991209	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT 	
REVIEW AUTHORITY	DASA	
ISSUES         1.	107.00	
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