PROCEEDINGS 

	IN THE CASE OF:     

	BOARD DATE:           19 December 2002                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2002076393

	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. Walter Avery, Jr.		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O'Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. Stanley Kelley		Member	
	Mr. Harry B. Oberg		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 correction of his military records to show that he was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB).

3.  The applicant states that his DD Form 214 does not show that he was awarded the CIB.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted into the Army on 21 November 1968.  He was awarded military occupational specialty (MOS) 11B, infantryman, and served in Vietnam in his MOS from 27 June 1969 through 8 October 1969, while assigned to Company B, 5th Battalion, 12th Regiment, 199th Infantry Brigade.  He achieved the rank of private first class and was transferred to the US Army Reserve on 24 August 1970.  His character of service was honorable.

5.  His DA Form 20 (Enlisted Qualification Record) reflects that his primary MOS was 11B.

6.  In his records are Headquarters, 93rd Evacuation Hospital, General Order Number 78 that awarded the applicant the Purple Heart for wound received in action on 27 June 1969, while assigned to Company B, 5th Battalion, 12th Regiment, 199th Infantry Brigade.

7.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, that the CIB is awarded to infantry officers and to enlisted and warrant officer persons who have an infantry MOS.  They must have served in active ground combat while assigned or attached to an infantry unit of brigade, regimental or smaller size.  The Awards Branch of the Total Army Personnel Command has advised, in similar cases, that during the Vietnam era the Combat Infantryman Badge was awarded only to enlisted individuals who held and served in MOS 11B, 11C, 11F, 11G, or 11H.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows that the individual concerned had an infantry MOS.  His award of the Purple Heart indicates that he was engaged in active ground combat while assigned to an infantry unit of brigade or smaller size; therefore, he is entitled to the award of the CIB and to have it shown on his DD Form 214.

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 CIB.

BOARD VOTE:  

__hbo___  ___sk___  ___rvo___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__________Raymond V. O'Connor, Jr.___
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2002076393	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20021219	
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.	107.0111	
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