ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS


	 

	BOARD DATE:  12 March 2019

	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20170013976


APPLICANT REQUESTS:  correction of his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or 
Discharge from Active Duty) to show:

*	Army Achievement Medal
*	Army Commendation Medal
*	M60 machine gun qualification

APPLICANT'S SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD: 

*	DD Form 149 (Application for Correction of Military Record)
*	Permanent Order 154-23, dated 8 December 1982
*	Army Commendation Medal Certificate 
*	Permanent Orders 159-13, dated 16 August 1983
*	Army Achievement Medal Certificate 
*	DD Form 214

FACTS:

1.  The applicant did not file within the three year time frame provided in Title 10, United 
States Code (USC), section 1552 (b); however, the Army Board for Correction of 
Military Records (ABCMR) conducted a substantive review of this case and determined 
it is in the interest of justice to excuse the applicant's failure to timely file. 

2.  The applicant’s request to add the Army Achievement Medal and Army 
Commendation Medal to his DD Form 214 is supported by sufficient evidence; 
therefore, these awards will be administratively corrected and not considered by the 
Board.  The Board will consider correction of his DD Form 214 to show his M60 
machine gun qualification.

3.  The applicant states he does not have orders showing his M60 machine gun 
qualification, but they did qualify twice a year.  

4.  The applicant served in the Regular Army from 28 June 1979 to 27 June 1983.  He 
held military occupational specialty 63B (Power Generation and Wheeled Vehicle 
Mechanic).  

5.  His DA Form 2-1 (Personnel Qualification Record) does not show that he was 
authorized a Marksmanship Qualification Badge with Machine Gun Bar (see item 9).  
The available records do not show his qualification scores for the M60 machine gun.  

6.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) sets forth requirements for the award of 
basic marksmanship qualification badges.  The qualification badge is awarded to 
indicate the degree – Expert, Sharpshooter, and Marksman – in which an individual has 
qualified in a prescribed record course.  

BOARD DISCUSSION:

After review of the application and all evidence, the Board determined there is 
insufficient evidence to grant relief.  The applicant’s contention was carefully 
considered.  The Board agreed the applicant’s record is absent evidence of a M60 
qualification.  

BOARD VOTE:

Mbr 1	Mbr 2	Mbr 3

:	:	:	GRANT FULL RELIEF

:	:	:	GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF

:	:	:	GRANT FORMAL HEARING

:X	:X	:X	DENY APPLICATION



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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.


	  
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.


ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE(S):  The applicant was awarded the Army Achievement 
Medal and Army Commendation Medal.  Add these awards to his DD Form 214.

REFERENCES:

1.  Title 10, USC, section 1552(b), provides that applications for correction of military 
records must be filed within three years after discovery of the alleged error or injustice.  
This provision of law also allows the ABCMR to excuse an applicant's failure to timely 
file within the three-year statute of limitations if the ABCMR determines it would be in 
the interest of justice to do so.

2.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) sets forth requirements for award of 
basic marksmanship qualification badges.  The qualification badge is awarded to 
indicate the degree (Expert, Sharpshooter, and Marksman) in which an individual has 
qualified in a prescribed record course.  An appropriate bar is furnished to denote each 
weapon with which the individual has qualified.

//NOTHING FOLLOWS//

ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont)	 AR20170013976
	
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