BOARD DATE:	  8 April 2010

		DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20090017303 


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 award of the Combat Infantryman Badge.

2.  The applicant states, in effect, he was attached to the 11th Armored Cavalry in Vietnam during Operation Junction City (82-day military operation which began on 22 February 1967) and he manned a flame thrower on an armored personnel carrier "mechanized infantry."

3.  The applicant provides no documentary evidence in support of his application.

CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE:

1.  Title 10, U.S. Code, section 1552(b), provides that applications for correction of military records must be filed within 3 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 3-year statute of limitations if the ABCMR determines it would be in the interest of justice to do so.  While it appears the applicant did not file within the time frame provided in the statute of limitations, the ABCMR has elected to conduct a substantive review of this case and, only to the extent relief, if any, is granted, has determined it is in the interest of justice to excuse the applicant’s failure to timely file.  In all other respects, there are insufficient bases to waive the statute of limitations for timely filing.


2.  The applicant was inducted into the Army of the United States on 4 November 1965.  He was awarded military occupational specialty (MOS) 64B (heavy vehicle driver).  He arrived in Vietnam on 11 August 1966.  He served in MOS 64B assigned to Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Vietnam from 11 August 1966 through 22 April 1967.  He served in MOS 64B assigned to Company B, 9th Supply and Transport Battalion, 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam from 23 April 1967 through 7 August 1967.  On 8 August 1967, he was released from active duty and transferred to the U.S. Army Reserve Control Group (Annual Training) to complete his remaining service obligation.  

3.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 does not show the Combat Infantryman Badge as an authorized award.   

4.  There are no orders for the Combat Infantryman Badge in the applicant's service personnel records.  

5.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) provides, in pertinent part, that the Combat Infantryman Badge is awarded to infantry officers and to enlisted and warrant officer persons who have an infantry MOS.  They must have served in 
active ground combat while assigned or attached to an infantry unit of brigade, regimental or smaller size.  

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:

There are no orders for the Combat Infantryman Badge.  The evidence of record shows the applicant held and served in MOS 64B during his assignment in Vietnam.  There is no evidence of record which shows he held and served in an infantry MOS or that he served in active ground combat while an assigned member of an infantry unit of brigade, regimental, or smaller size in Vietnam.  Therefore, there is insufficient evidence on which to base award of the Combat Infantryman Badge in this case.

BOARD VOTE:

________  ________  ________  GRANT FULL RELIEF 

________  ________  ________  GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF 

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

___x_____  ____x____  ___x__  DENY APPLICATION


BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:

The evidence presented does not demonstrate the existence of a probable error or injustice.  Therefore, the Board determined that the overall merits of this case are insufficient as a basis for correction of the records of the individual concerned.




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               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.



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