PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            9 March 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999030268

	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.  

	Ms. Deborah L. Brantley		Senior Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. June Hajjar		Chairperson	
	Mr. Thomas D. Howard		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 award of the Purple Heart.

3.  Records indicate the applicant entered active duty on 16 May 1950 and served overseas for 11 months where he was awarded the Korean Service Medal.  Information contained in files of the Office of the Surgeon General note the applicant was wounded as a result of hostile action on 13 April 1951.  He was returned to duty in May 1951 following 22 days of hospitalization.

4.  The applicant was released from active duty on 18 July 1953.  His separation document does not reflect entitlement to the Purple Heart.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant was wounded on 13 April 1951 as a result of hostile action while in Korea and as such is entitled to an award of the Purple Heart.

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 individual concerned the Purple Heart for wounds received as a result of hostile action on 13 April 1951 while in Korea.

BOARD VOTE:  

___jh___  ____tdh__  ___cjs___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999030268	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000309	
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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6.