PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:                6 May 1999
	DOCKET NUMBER:       AR1999015443

	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	
	Mr. Hubert S. Shaw, Jr.		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Fred N. Eichorn		Chairperson	
	Mr. Ernest W. Lutz, Jr.		Member	
	Ms. Carol Jo Suiter		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 her records to show award of the Legion  of Merit.

3.  The applicant states the award had not been approved at the time of her retirement; therefore, it was not placed on her DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty).

4.  The applicant’s military records show that she completed over 24 years of active Federal service and was separated from active duty on 30 June 1994 and placed on the retired list.  Her DD Form 214 does not show the Legion of Merit as an authorized award.

5.  The applicant provided a copy of United States Army Medical Command Permanent Orders 29-3, dated 8 March 1995, which awarded her the Legion of Merit.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was awarded the Legion of Merit and is entitled to correction of her records to show this award.

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 the individual concerned was awarded the Legion of Merit.

BOARD VOTE:  

FNE____  EWL_____  CJS____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Fred N. Eichorn_______
		CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999015443	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990506	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19940630	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 635-100	
DISCHARGE REASON	RETIREMENT	
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY	MR HARRELL	
ISSUES         1.	107.00	
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