PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            21 July 1999                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999015566

	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. W. E. Schnupp		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Curtis W. Barbee		Chairperson	
	Mr. James M. Alward		Member	
	Mr. Robert G. Hinkle		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 all of the medals to which he is entitled be listed on his discharge.

3.  The applicant states that he is entitled to the following awards: Pre-Pearl Harbor, Pacific Theater with combat star, American Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal and the World War II Victory Medal.  In support of his request, he has provided a copy of his Enlisted Record and a copy of orders awarding him the Good Conduct Medal.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted on 4 January 1941 and served 1 year, 8 months and 13 days in the Aleutian Islands.  He was honorably discharged for dependency reasons on 29 October 1944 as a Technician 5th Grade.  His awards include the American Defense Service Medal and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal.

5.  Orders provided by the applicant show that he was awarded the Good Conduct Medal as of 3 September 1943.

6.  Army Regulation 600-8-22, Military Awards, provides in pertinent part that the American Defense Service Medal is awarded for service between 8 September 1939 and 7 December 1941.  A clasp with the inscription “Foreign Service” is worn to denote service outside the continental limits of the United States including service in Alaska.  Wearing of a bronze service star on the service ribbon denotes possession of a clasp.  The American Campaign Medal is awarded for service for permanent assignment within the American Theater between 7 December 1941 and 2 March 1946.

7.  The World War II Victory Medal is awarded for service between 7 December 1941 and 31 December 1946.  The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal is awarded for service in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater between 7 December 1941 and 2 March 1946.  One bronze service star is authorized for each campaign conducted in the theater.

8.  The Asiatic-Pacific Theater includes a named campaign for the Aleutian Islands that occurred between 3 June 1942 and 24 August 1943.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The Pre-Pearl Harbor medal that the applicant refers to is probably the American Defense Service Medal which was awarded for service from                8 September 1939 to 7 December 1941.  This award is already shown in his Enlisted Record.

2.  Likewise, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal is reflected in his records but does not show that he is authorized one bronze service star for the Aleutian Campaign.

3.  The other awards to which he is entitled by virtue of his assignment location and period of service include the American Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal.  He is also authorized the Good Conduct Medal by authority of General Orders #4, dated 3 September 1943, (which he furnished) authorizing the award.

4.  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:

	a.  showing that the individual concerned was awarded the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with one bronze service star, the American Campaign Medal, the Good Conduct Medal and the World War II Victory Medal,

	b.  issuing to him all of the awards to which he is entitled; and

	c.  issuing a correction to his Enlisted Record showing all of the awards to which he is entitled.

BOARD VOTE:  

________  ________  ________  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999015566	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990721	
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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