PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:  25 July 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR1999034853

	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	
	Mr. Vic Whitney		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Ted S. Kanamine		Chairperson	
	Mr. John H. Kern		Member	
	Mr. Stanley Kelley		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 his military occupational specialty (MOS) be changed to 11E (armor crewman) instead of 64B (truck driver).

3.  The applicant states that he was trained as a tanker, served on a tank crew, and was wounded in Vietnam on a tank.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted and entered active duty on 21 November 1966.  He completed training as an armor crewman, MOS 11E, and was assigned to Vietnam.

5.  While in Vietnam the applicant was assigned to a headquarters company of a tank battalion with the duty MOS of 64B.  On 11 June 1967 he requested assignment as an 11E with the tank company he was attached to.  On 17 June 1967 his request was disapproved because of the shortage of truck drivers.  On 19 July 1968 he was promoted to pay grade E-4 with the MOS of 64B.

6.  The applicant was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with “V” device for his actions on 4 February 1968 while serving as a tank crewmember.  He was also awarded the Purple Heart for his wounds on that date.  He was wounded again on 16 March 1968, awarded a second Purple Heart, and medically evacuated because of his wounds.

7.  A convalescent leave order, dated 22 April 1968, and a reassignment order, dated 16 August 1968, shows his MOS as 11E.  His separation orders for retirement based on physical disability and his data for retired pay show his MOS as 64B.

8.  The applicant’s DA Form 20 (Enlisted Qualification Record) shows that he was awarded MOS 11E on 7 April 1967, and further awarded MOS 64B on 19 March 1968, three days after he entered a patient status.  His list of principal duties show that he was assigned in MOS 64B while in Vietnam until he entered a patient status.

9.  Effective 30 October 1968 the applicant was transferred to the Retired Reserve.  His DD Form 214 (Report of Transfer or Discharge) shows his specialty number as 64B.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  There is sufficient evidence of record to show that the applicant was trained as and served, for an unknown period of time in Vietnam, as an armor crewman in MOS 11E.

2.  Notwithstanding the other evidence of record that he served for an unknown period of time in the duty MOS of 64B, he was wounded in action while serving as an armor crewman, and is entitled to have his records corrected to show his most significant duty assignment in MOS 11E.

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 for the individual concerned be corrected by showing that he was separated from active duty with the specialty number of 11E20, armor crewman.

BOARD VOTE:  

________  ________  ________  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999034853	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000725	
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.  100.05	MOS Change	
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6.