PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:               15 March 2000  
	DOCKET NUMBER:      AR1999034517

	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. Beverly A. Young		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Ms. Margaret K. Patterson		Member	
	Mr. Van B. Cunningham		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 correction of his records to show all the awards to which he is entitled.

3.  The applicant states that he was awarded the Purple Heart; however, it is not on his DD Form 214.  In support of his application, he submits photocopies of his DD Form 214; Honorable Discharge Certificate, dated 31 December 1962; General Orders awarding him the Purple Heart; and two reports of medical examinations.

4.  The applicant’s military records were lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973.  Records available to the Board were obtained from alternate sources and show that he entered active duty on 17 January 1952, completed infantry training and served in Korea.  He was honorably discharged from active duty on 19 October 1953.

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 (Report of Separation) does not show the Purple Heart as an authorized award.

6.  The applicant provided a copy of 7th Medical Battalion General Orders Number 110, dated 28 June 1953, which awarded him the Purple Heart for wounds sustained on 27 June 1953 as a result of hostile action.

7.  The Board notes that the applicant is entitled to award of the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation.  

8.  Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-1, Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register, dated 6 July 1961, shows that the applicant was assigned to a unit which was awarded the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation by Department of the Army General Order Number 22-56.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Orders show that the applicant was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds sustained on 27 June 1953 as a result of hostile action; therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show award of the Purple Heart.

2.  The applicant was awarded the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation; therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show this award.

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 the individual concerned was awarded the Purple Heart and the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation.

BOARD VOTE:  

RVO_____  MKP____  VBC____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999034517	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000315	
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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