IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 4 October 2012 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20120007126 THE BOARD CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE: 1. Application for correction of military records (with supporting documents provided, if any). 2. Military Personnel Records and advisory opinions (if any). THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE: 1. The applicant requests award of the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) and the award added to his DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge). 2. The applicant states he was stationed in Vietnam with the 1st Infantry Division in military occupational specialty (MOS)11B (Light Weapons Infantryman). 3. The applicant did not provide any additional documentation. CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE: 1. Title 10, U.S. Code, section 1552(b), provides that applications for correction of military records must be filed within 3 years after discovery of the alleged error or injustice. This provision of law also allows the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) to excuse an applicant's failure to timely file within the 3-year statute of limitations if the ABCMR determines it would be in the interest of justice to do so. While it appears the applicant did not file within the time frame provided in the statute of limitations, the ABCMR has elected to conduct a substantive review of this case and, only to the extent relief, if any, is granted, has determined it is in the interest of justice to excuse the applicant's failure to timely file. In all other respects, there are insufficient bases to waive the statute of limitations for timely filing. 2. The applicant was inducted on 5 August 1965. He was awarded MOS 11B. He served in Vietnam from 28 January 1966 to 17 January 1967. 3. His DA Form 20 (Enlisted Qualification Record) shows in: a. item 38 (Record of Assignments) that he was assigned as a Rifleman to Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment from 4 February 1966 through 31 March 1966, when he was reassigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade where he served as a Light Truck Driver until 13 June 1967; and b. item 41 (Awards and Decorations) he was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with Device (1960), and the Sharpshooter Marksmanship Qualification Badge with Rifle Bar (M-14). 4. The applicant's DD Form 214 shows he was honorably released from active duty on 4 August 1967 as a specialist four/E-4. He had completed 2 years of net active service. His DD Form 214 shows the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with one bronze service star, and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with Device (1960). 5. There are no official orders or other evidence in the applicant's records that show he was recommended for or awarded the CIB. 6. Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) provides 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 during such time as the unit was engaged in active ground combat; and they must have been present with their qualifying infantry unit and participated actively in such ground combat. Combat service or campaign credit alone is not sufficient to award the CIB. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: The available evidence clearly shows that the applicant was awarded an infantryman MOS and was assigned to an infantry unit of brigade, regimental, or smaller size while assigned in the Republic of Vietnam. However, there is no evidence to substantiate his claim that he engaged in active ground combat. There is insufficient evidence to support award of the CIB in this case. BOARD VOTE: ________ ________ ________ GRANT FULL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING ____X____ ____X____ ____X_____ DENY APPLICATION BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION: The evidence presented does not demonstrate the existence of a probable error or injustice. Therefore, the Board determined that the overall merits of this case are insufficient as a basis for correction of the records of the individual concerned. _____________X____________ CHAIRPERSON I certify that herein is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in this case. ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20100000695 3 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 1 ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20120007126 2 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 1