IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 22 August 2018 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20160016072 BOARD VOTE: _________ _______ ________ GRANT FULL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING ____x___ ____x___ ___x____ DENY APPLICATION 2 Enclosures 1. Board Determination/Recommendation 2. Evidence and Consideration IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 22 August 2018 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20160016072 BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION: The evidence presented does not demonstrate the existence of a probable error or injustice. Therefore, the Board determined 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. IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 22 August 2018 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20160016072 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 reconsideration of his previous request for award of the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB). 2. The applicant states he reenlisted on 29 April 1969 while assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry, 199th Infantry Brigade, APO, U.S. Army Vietnam. He is unsure if his CIB should be shown on both of his DD Forms 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge), or just the DD Form 214 for the period ending on 16 December 1971. The CIB should have been approved by his first unit of assignment in Vietnam. He was issued the medal while serving in Vietnam. He recently discovered the CIB was not shown on his DD Form 214. 3. The applicant provides his 1969 and 1971 DD Forms 214. CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE: 1. Incorporated herein by reference are military records that were summarized in the previous consideration of the applicant's case by the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) in Docket Number AR20100009356 on 12 October 2010. 2. The applicant provides a new argument that warrants consideration at this time. 3. He was inducted into the Army of the United States on 5 June 1968. He completed training and was awarded military occupational specialty (MOS) 11B (Light Weapons Infantryman). 4. He was honorably discharged on 28 April 1969 for the purpose of immediate reenlistment. His DD Form 214 shows he completed 10 months and 24 days of active service. His DD Form 214 does not show he was awarded or authorized the CIB. 5. He reenlisted in the Regular Army on 29 April 1969. He was awarded MOS 92B (Medical Lab Specialist). 6. His DA Form 20 (Enlisted Qualification Record) shows in * Item 31 (Foreign Service) – he served in Vietnam from 7 April 1969 to 27 March 1970 * Item 38 (Record of Assignments) – he served in MOS 92B and was assigned to the 6th Convalescent Center, U.S. Army Pacific * Item 41 (Awards and Decorations) – no award of the CIB 7. He was honorably released from active duty on 16 December 1971. His DD Form 214 shows he completed 2 years, 7 months, and 18 days of active service. His DD Form 214 does not show he was awarded or authorized the CIB. 8. His record is also void of any orders awarding or authorizing him the CIB. 9. A review of the Awards and Decorations Computer-Assisted Retrieval System (ADCARS), an index of general orders issued during the Vietnam-era between 1965 and 1973 maintained by the Military Awards Branch of the U.S. Army Human Resources Command, failed to reveal any orders for award of the CIB pertaining to the applicant. REFERENCE: Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) prescribes Army policy, criteria, and administrative instructions concerning individual and unit military awards. The regulation states the CIB is awarded to an infantryman satisfactorily performing infantry duties while assigned to an infantry unit during such time as the unit is engages in active ground combat, and actively participating in such ground combat. Campaign or battle credit alone is not sufficient for award of the CIB. DISCUSSION: 1. The evidence of record shows the applicant held MOS 92B and did not serve in Vietnam in an infantry unit. There is also no evidence of record and he provided none showing he was personally present performing infantry duties and actively participated in active ground combat at the time. Further, there are no evidence of orders authorizing or awarding him the CIB during his period of service in Vietnam, item 41 of his DA Form 20 does not list the CIB, and a review of ADCARS failed to reveal any orders awarding him the CIB. 2. By regulation, a Soldier must be an infantryman satisfactorily performing infantry duties, he must be assigned to an infantry unit during such time as the unit is engaged in active ground combat, and he must actively participate in such ground combat for award of the CIB. Campaign or battle credit alone does not meet the regulatory criteria for the CIB. //NOTHING FOLLOWS// ABCMR Record of Proceedings Enclosure 1 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20160016072 2 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Enclosure 1 ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20160016072 2 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Enclosure 2