PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      

	BOARD DATE:           18 DECEMBER 2001
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2001062931

	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. Carl W. S. Chun		Director	
	Ms. Deborah L. Brantley		Senior Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Irene N. Wheelwright		Chairperson	
	Mr. Thomas Lanyi		Member	
	Mr. Jose A. Martinez		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 Bronze Star Medal.  He states he was awarded the decoration but it was omitted from his DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge).  

3.  Records available to the Board indicate the applicant served on active duty between May 1967 and May 1970.  He was assigned to Vietnam between December 1967 and December 1968.  He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal on 13 November 1968 for meritorious achievement during the period 1 January 1968 to 31 August 1968.  

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence supports a conclusion that the applicant was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and as such he is entitled to have his records corrected accordingly.

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 that the individual concerned was awarded the Bronze Star Medal.

BOARD VOTE:  

__INW __  __TL____  __JAM__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__Irene N. Wheelwright__
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2001062931	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20011218	
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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