PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:       

	BOARD DATE:            5 August 1999     
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999015041

	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. Loren G. Harrell		Director	
	Ms. Gale Thomas		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Mark D. Manning		Chairperson	
	Mr. Arthur A. Omartian		Member	
	Mr. Ernest W. Lutz, Jr.		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, in effect, that the records of her spouse, a deceased former service member be corrected to reflect award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, which she refers to a campaign badge.  

3.  The applicant states that her husband’s DD Form 214 does not reflect a campaign badge showing that he was in Korea during a campaign.  

4.  The former service member’s military records show that he served in Korea from 7 May 1966 to 20 May 1967.

5.  The Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal was authorized for the United States military operation in Korea from 1 October 1966 to 30 June 1974. 

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The former service member served in Korea during the authorized dates for award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, and therefore is entitled 
to the medal.

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 awarding the former service member the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for his service in Korea from 7 May 1966 to 10 May 1967.

BOARD VOTE:  

__mdm__  __aao___  ___ewl__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999015041	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990805	
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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5.		
6.