PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:       

	BOARD DATE:            25 February 2003
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2002076029

	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	
	Mr. Jessie B. Strickland		Analyst	

The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. John N. Slone		Chairperson	
	Mr. Ronald E. Blakely		Member	
	Mr. Lawrence Foster		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 report of separation (DD Form 214) be corrected to show his award of the Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM), the Army Good Conduct Medal (AGCM) and his overseas service.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that his DD Form 214 does not reflect his awards of the ARCOM, AGCM and time served overseas.

4.  The applicant’s military records, though somewhat incomplete, show that he enlisted on 3 June 1998, for a period of 4 years, training as a heavy wheeled vehicle mechanic and participation in the Army College Fund.

5.  Although his record of assignments are not present in the available records, they show that he was awarded two Army Achievement Medals (AAM) while stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado.  They covered the periods from 26 May to 17 June and 10 September to 15 October 2000.

6.  His records also show that he was awarded the AGCM for the period of 1 June 1998 to 30 May 2001, while he was serving in Korea in the pay grade of E-4.

7.  A review of the available records fails to show that he was awarded the ARCOM nor does it show the period he served in Korea.

8.  On 2 June 2002, he was honorably released from active duty (REFRAD) at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., due to completion of his required service.  He was transferred to the United States Army Reserve (USAR) Control Group (Reinforcement) and had served 4 years of total active service. 

9.  The DD Form 214 issued to the applicant at the time of his REFRAD shows that he was awarded the Army Service Ribbon and that he had no foreign service. It also indicates that he was separated on temporary records and a soldier's affidavit.

10.  In the processing of this application a letter was dispatched to the applicant from a staff member of the Board requesting a copy of orders awarding him the ARCOM.  No response has been received to that letter to date.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The available evidence of record fails to show that the applicant was awarded the ARCOM; nor does it establish the period he served overseas.  Accordingly, in the absence of information to the contrary, it must be presumed that the absence of that information from his DD Form 214 is correct.

2.  However, there is evidence to show that he was awarded the AGCM and two awards of the AAM.  Accordingly, the Board finds that it would be in the interest of justice to add those awards to his DD Form 214 at this time.

3.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing that the individual concerned was awarded the AGCM and two awards of the AAM.

2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied.

BOARD VOTE:  

___lf____  ___js____  ____reb _  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_____John N. Slone______
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2002076029	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	2003/02/25	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  189	110.0000/CORR 214	
2.  71	107.0025/AAM	
3.  102	107.0056/AGCM	
4.  66	107.0020/ARCOM	
5.		
6.