PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           11 May 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999034204

	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	
	Ms. Wanda L. Waller		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. James M. Alward		Member	
	Mr. Christopher J. Prosser		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 multiple awards of the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star Medal and the Air Medal.  

3.  The applicant states that he did not receive the aforementioned medals.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted on 7 October 1963 for a period of 3 years and was honorably discharged on 22 December 1964 for immediate reenlistment.  He reenlisted on 23 December 1964 for a period of
6 years.  He served as an infantry operator and intelligence specialist in Vietnam from 26 December 1966 through 6 February 1969 and was honorably discharged on 1 March 1973.  The applicant was separated from the service on temporary records.  

5.  The applicant’s DD Forms 214 (Report of Transfer or Discharge) do not show any awards of the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star Medal or the Air Medal as authorized awards.  

6.  The applicant’s personnel records contain a copy of Headquarters, 1st Air Cavalry Division General Orders Number 10051, dated 16 August 1968, which show the applicant was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action on 6 June 1968 in Vietnam.

7.  The applicant’s personnel records contain a Western Union Telegram, dated 7 December 1968, which indicates that the applicant was wounded in Vietnam on 
6 December 1968 as a result of hostile action.

8.  The applicant’s personnel records contain a Western Union Telegram, dated 22 February 1969, which indicates that the applicant was wounded in Vietnam on
22 February 1969 as a result of hostile action.

9.  His records contain a copy of Headquarters, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) General Orders Number 4267, dated 7 April 1969, which show the applicant was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in Vietnam from April 1968 to April 1969. 

10.  The applicant’s records contain a copy of Headquarters, 1st Air Cavalry Division General Orders Number 9036, dated 27 July 1968, which show the applicant was awarded the Air Medal for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight in Vietnam from December 1967 to July 1968. 

11.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) provides, in pertinent part, that the Purple Heart is awarded for a wound sustained as a result of hostile action.  Substantiating evidence must be provided to verify that the wound was the result of hostile action, the wound must have required treatment, and the medical treatment must have been made a matter of official record.  The bronze oak leaf cluster is awarded to denote the second and succeeding awards of certain decorations, among which is the Purple Heart.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Evidence of record shows the applicant was wounded on three occasions in Vietnam as a result of hostile action.  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his military records to show three awards of the Purple Heart. 

2.  The applicant was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Air Medal.  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his military records to show these awards.

3.  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 the Purple Heart (Second Oak Leaf Cluster), the Bronze Star Medal and the Air Medal.

BOARD VOTE:  

RVO__  JMA_____  CJP_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr._
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999034204	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000511	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19730301	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 635-200  	
DISCHARGE REASON	Expiration term of service	
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.0015	
2.	107.0014	
3.	107.0018	
4.		
5.		
6.