2.  The applicant requests that his DD Form 214, Report of Transfer or Discharge, be corrected to reflect the award of the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in Vietnam.

3.  He states that he was wounded in August 1968 while serving in Vietnam.  He was awarded the Purple Heart and evacuated to the States but the award does not appear on his DD Form 214.

4.  His enlisted qualification record and his medical records reflect that he was wounded as a result of an enemy booby trap on 22 August 1968.  He was treated for fragmentation wounds to the scalp, left arm and both thighs and evacuated to the States for further treatment.  He was honorably discharged on 19 February 1970.

5. Army Regulation 600-8-22, Military Awards, provides, in pertinent part, that the Purple Heart is awarded for a wound sustained as a result of hostile action.  Substantiating evidence must be provided to verify that the wound was the result of hostile action, the wound must have required treatment by a medical officer, and the medical treatment must have been made a matter of official record.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant’s personnel and medical records confirm that he was wounded as a result of enemy action in Vietnam and is entitled to the Purple Heart.

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 wounded as a result of enemy action in Vietnam on 22 August 1968.

BOARD VOTE:  

                       GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

                       GRANT FORMAL HEARING

                       DENY APPLICATION




		                           
		        CHAIRPERSON