ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS


	 

	BOARD DATE:  23 April 2019

	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20190001125


APPLICANT REQUESTS:  the Combat Infantryman Badge be added to his DD Form 
214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge).  

APPLICANT'S SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD: 

*	DD Form 149 (Application for Correction of Military Record)
*	DD Form 214
*	Purple Heart orders/certificate 
*	Combat Infantryman Badge criteria 

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 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 was inducted into the Army of the United States on 19 February 1968.

3.  His DA Form 20 (Enlisted Qualification Record) shows in:

*	Item 22 (Military Occupational Specialties - MOSs) - he was awarded primary 
military occupational specialty (MOS) 11B (Light Weapons Infantryman) on 
28 June 1968
*	Item 31 (Foreign Service) - he served in Vietnam from 24 February to 7 April 
1969
*	Item 38 (Record of Assignments) - he served in duty MOS 11B4P as a Team 
Leader with Company B, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, in 
Vietnam 
*	Item 41 (Awards and Decorations) - no entry for the Combat Infantryman Badge

4.  On 4 April 1969, Headquarters, 67th Evacuation Hospital published General Orders 
Number 75 awarding him the Purple Heart for wounds received in action on 13 March 
1969.  

5.  On 18 February 1970, he was honorably released from active duty and transferred to 
the U.S. Army Reserve Control Group (Annual Training).  His DD Form 214 does not 
show the Combat Infantryman Badge.

6.  On 17 November 2008, a DD Form 215 (Correction of DD Form 214) was issued to 
amend his DD Form 214 for the period ending 18 February 1970 by adding the Purple 
Heart.  

7.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) requires service in an infantry MOS in 
an infantry unit engaged in active ground combat with the enemy for award of the 
Combat Infantryman Badge.  His service record is void of orders awarding him the 
Combat Infantryman Badge.  He served as an infantryman in an infantry unit during his 
assignment in Vietnam.  Also, he sustained a wound as a result of hostile action, which 
indicates he engaged in active ground combat.  

BOARD DISCUSSION:

After review of the application and all evidence, the Board determined there is sufficient 
evidence to grant relief.  The applicant was an Infantry Soldier who received the Purple 
Heart for being wounded by enemy forces on 13 March 1969.  Based upon the 
preponderance of evidence, the Board agreed he was performing his infantry duties 
when engaging the enemy and is authorized the CIB.

BOARD VOTE:

Mbr 1	Mbr 2	Mbr 3

:X	:X	:X	GRANT FULL RELIEF

:	:	:	GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF

:	:	:	GRANT FORMAL HEARING

:	:	:	DENY APPLICATION


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BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:

The Board determined the evidence presented is sufficient to warrant a 
recommendation for relief.  As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of 
the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by awarding him the Combat 
Infantryman Badge for engaging the enemy on 13 March 1969, and adding the award to 
his DD Form 214.


	  
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):

A review of the applicant's records shows he is authorized additional awards not listed 
on his DD Form 214.  As a result, amend the DD Form 214 with an effective date of 
18 February 1970 by adding the:

*	Vietnam Service Medal with one bronze service star
*	Army Good Conduct Medal - HQ, U.S. Army Training Center Engineer and Fort 
Leonard Wood, General Orders Number 20, 6 February 1970
*	Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation

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 Army Board for Correction of Military Records 
(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 states there are basically three requirements for award of 
the Combat Infantryman Badge.  The 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.  Additionally, Appendix V of U.S. Army Vietnam (USARV) Regulation 
672-1 states that during the Vietnam era the Combat Infantryman Badge was awarded 
only to enlisted individuals who held and served in MOS 11B, 11C, 11D, 11F, 11G, or 
11H.

//NOTHING FOLLOWS//

ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont)	 AR20190001125
	
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