MEMORANDUM OF CONSIDERATION

	IN THE CASE OF:   

	BOARD DATE:           19 March 2002                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2001064289

	I certify that hereinafter is recorded the record of consideration of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual.

	Mr. Carl W. S. Chun		Director	
	Mr. G. E. Vandenberg		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Shirley L. Powell		Chairperson	
	Mr. Stanley Kelley		Member	
	Mr.  Elzey J. Arledge 		Member	

	The Board, established pursuant to authority contained in 10 U.S.C. 1552, convened at the call of the Chairperson on the above date.  In accordance with Army Regulation 15-185, the application and the available military records pertinent to the corrective action requested were reviewed to determine whether to authorize a formal hearing, recommend that the records be corrected without a formal hearing, or to deny the application without a formal hearing if it is determined that insufficient relevant evidence has been presented to demonstrate the existence of probable material error or injustice.

	The applicant requests correction of military records as stated in the application to the Board and as restated herein.

	The Board considered the following evidence:

	Exhibit A - Application for correction of military 
                records
	Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including
	            advisory opinion, if any)

APPLICANT REQUESTS:  That her late husband’s, the former service member (FSM), military records be corrected to include an unspecified award of a “campaign star (battle star)”.  

APPLICANT STATES:  In effect, that the omission of this award from her late husband’s discharge document has cost her her position and employment standing within the United States Postal Service.

EVIDENCE OF RECORD:  The FSM’s military records show:

The FSM entered active duty 6 May 1975 and remained on active duty until he was placed on the Temporary Disability Retired List 29 November 1994.    He was shown to have served on active duty for 19 years, 6 months and 24 days.  The FSM passed away 27 May 1995.

His records list his overseas assignments as Germany from 22 September 1975 through 26 September 1977, Korea from 20 January 1981 through 15 January 1982 and Germany from 14 June 1983 through 12 June 1987.  His awards and decorations are shown as the Army Achievement Medal with 1 bronze oak leaf cluster; the Good Conduct Medal with one sliver loop; the National Defense Service Medal; the Non Commissioned Officers (NCO) Professional Development Ribbon with numeral 2; the Army Service Ribbon; the Overseas Service Ribbon with numeral 3 and the Expert Qualification Badge with Rifle Bar.

The applicant submitted a copy of a Promotion Point Worksheet (DA Form 3355), dated 23 February 1982 showing on page 3, item 5-27 a notation of award of 1 campaign star.  It is noted that item 5-26 is the line entry for Expert Marksmanship Qualification Badge and that this line is blank.

Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) provides guidance, in pertinent part, for the award of the Service (Campaign) Medals for specific locations and/or actions.  

Army Regulation 600-8-22 also authorizes a bronze service star, based on qualifying service, for each campaign listed in Appendix B of this regulation and states that authorized bronze service stars will be worn on the appropriate campaign or service medal. 

The Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-3 (Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register) lists unit awards and campaigns for which a given unit participated in and the exact dates of those campaigns.

DISCUSSION:  Considering all the evidence, allegations, and information presented by the applicant, together with the evidence of record, applicable law and regulations, and advisory opinion(s), it is concluded:

1.  There is no evidence that the FSM ever served in a situation for which a service medal or a campaign star was issued.

2.  In-as-much-as the FSM is not entitled to any campaign credit, the notation on the DA Form 3355 appears to be a line entry error.  At that point he was entitled to the Expert Marksmanship Qualification Badge, which is the line entry directly above the apparently erroneous entry.

3.  In order to justify correction of a military record the applicant must show to the satisfaction of the Board, or it must otherwise satisfactorily appear, that the record is in error or unjust.  The applicant has failed to submit evidence that would satisfy this requirement.

4.  In view of the foregoing, there is no basis for granting the applicant's request.

DETERMINATION:  The applicant has failed to submit sufficient relevant evidence to demonstrate the existence of probable error or injustice.

BOARD VOTE:

________  ________  ________  GRANT

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

_SLP____  _SK____  ___EJA__  DENY APPLICATION

	Carl W. S. Chun
	Director, Army Board for Correction
	of Military Records

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2001064289	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20020319	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	DENY	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.00	
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