PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            27 April 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999034807

	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. Elizabeth Buchanon		Chairperson	
	Mr. Thomas A. Pagan		Member	
	Mr. Kenneth L. Wright		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 award of the Purple Heart.  He states he was wounded by friendly fire but never awarded the Purple Heart.

3.  Records indicate the applicant served on active duty between April 1968 and August 1970 and was assigned to Vietnam in August 1968.  A Western Union telegram confirms the applicant was wounded on 3 October 1968 when he was shot in the right leg "on a combat operation when he was mistaken for a hostile force."  The 1st Air Cavalry Division on 12 October 1968 issued orders confirming award of the Purple Heart.  The applicant was released from active duty when his name was placed on the Temporary Disability Retired List (TDRL).  His DD Form 214, issued at the time did not reflect entitlement to the Purple Heart.  In November 1971 the applicant was permanently retired by reason of disability.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant was awarded the Purple Heart, which was omitted from his separation document.

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 the Purple Heart for wounds sustained while in Vietnam.

BOARD VOTE:  

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________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999034807	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000427	
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.