PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            9 March 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999034373

	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, 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 that his records be corrected to reflect award of the Purple Heart.

3.  Records available to the Board indicate the applicant entered active duty on 
22 August 1967 and served in Vietnam between January 1968 and January 1969.  He sustained a shrapnel wound to his left shoulder on 14 May 1968 and was award the Purple Heart.  The 108th Artillery Group published orders confirming the award on 14 November 1968.

4.  The applicant was released from active duty on 2 April 1969.  His award of the Purple Heart, however, was omitted from his separation document.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds sustained as a result of hostile action on 14 May 1968 while in Vietnam although the award was omitted from his separation document.

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 Purple Heart for wounds sustained on 14 May 1968 while in Vietnam.

BOARD VOTE:  

___jh___  ___tdh__  ___cjs__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________ ________  _________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999034373	
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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