2.  The applicant requests award of the Purple Heart.

3.  Records indicate he served an initial period of active duty between 1947 and 1949 and reenlisted on 28 November 1950.

4.  An original casualty report indicates he was “wounded in action” on 23 April 1951 while assigned as a rifleman with the 19th Infantry Regiment.  He was released from active duty on 27 November 1953 and although item 29 (wounds) on his DD Form 214 notes his 23 April 1951 wound, the Purple Heart is not reflected as an authorized award.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant was wounded as a result of hostile action on 23 April 1951 while in Korea and as such is entitled to award of the Purple Heart.

2.  In view of the foregoing, it would be appropriate to correct the applicant’s records as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by awarding the individual concerned the Purple Heart for wounds sustained as a result of hostile action on 23 April 1951 while in Korea.

BOARD VOTE:  

                       GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

                       GRANT FORMAL HEARING

                       DENY APPLICATION




		                           
		        CHAIRPERSON