ROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:               23 June 1999              
	DOCKET NUMBER:      AR1999015437

	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. Beverly A. Young		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Margaret K. Patterson		Chairperson	
	Mr. Gary F. Geraets		Member	
	Mr. Lester Echols		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 award of the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) for his service in Vietnam.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that he was assigned as an 11B10 for four months, then he was reassigned as a truck driver and as an armored personnel carrier driver.  He also states that his time and experiences as an infantryman and truck driver should qualify him for the CIB.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted on 12 July 1967 and completed infantry training.  He served in Vietnam from 18 December 1967 to 13 December 1968 and was honorably released from active duty on 11 July 1969.

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 does not show the Combat Infantryman Badge as an authorized award.  The Board notes that the applicant was awarded the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm Unit Citation, the Vietnam Civil Actions Honor Medal First Class Unit Citation and the Valorous Unit Award which are not shown on his discharge document.

6.  The applicant’s DA Form 20 (Enlisted Qualification Record) shows that he was awarded an infantry military occupational specialty (MOS) and served as a rifleman in an infantry company of the 4th Infantry Division while assigned in Vietnam.

7.  The applicant was awarded the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm Unit Citation by Department of the Army General Order Number 54, dated 1974.  

8.  The applicant was awarded the Vietnam Civil Actions Honor Medal First Class Unit Citation by Department of the Army General Order Number 53, dated 1970.

9.  The applicant was awarded the Valorous Unit Award by Department of the Army General Order Number 43, dated 1970.

10.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, that the Combat Infantryman Badge is awarded to infantry officers and to enlisted and warrant officer persons who have an infantry MOS.  They must have served in active ground combat while assigned or attached to an infantry unit of brigade, regimental or smaller size.  The Awards Branch of the Total Army Personnel Command has advised, in similar cases, that during the Vietnam era the Combat Infantryman Badge was awarded only to enlisted individuals who held and served in MOS 11B, 11C, 11F, 11G, or 11H.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Evidence of record shows the applicant served in an infantry MOS in an infantry company in combat in Vietnam; therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show award of the Combat Infantryman Badge.

2.  The applicant was awarded the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm Unit Citation, the Vietnam Civil Actions Honor Medal First Class Unit Citation and the Valorous Unit Award; therefore, he is entitled to correction of his 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 the individual concerned was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm Unit Citation, the Vietnam Civil Actions Honor Medal First Class Unit Citation and the Valorous Unit Award.

BOARD VOTE:  

MKP____  GFG____  LE______  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Margaret K. Patterson_
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999013033	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990623 	
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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