ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003558C070206
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 27 October 2005 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20050003558 I certify that hereinafter is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual. Linda D. Simmons | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. Incurring disabilities while in a theater of operations or in training exercises...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003561C070206
Carol A. Kornhoff | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC), as established by Section 1413a, Title 10, United States Code, as amended, provides for the payment of the amount of money a military retiree would receive from the VA for combat related disabilities if it wasn’t for the statutory prohibition for a military retiree to receive a VA disability pension. Incurring...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003564C070206
Kenneth W. Lapin | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC), as established by Section 1413a, Title 10, United States Code, as amended, states that eligible members are those retirees who have 20 years of service for retired pay computation (or 20 years of service creditable for reserve retirement at age 60) and who have disabilities that are the direct result of...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003568C070206
Robert Rogers | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. These documents include the denial of his request to reconsider his CRSC application, his VA disability rating, medical records, and documents pertaining to the use of chemical agents during Operation Desert Storm 4. To the contrary, the applicant himself reported that he started experiencing depression after he returned to the United States and discovered that...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003573C070206
The applicant requests, in effect, correction of his DD Form 214 (Report of Transfer or Discharge) to show award of the Good Conduct Medal, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Purple Heart, the Vietnam Service Medal with four bronze service stars, the Expert Marksmanship Qualification Badge with Rifle Bar, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal. The applicant’s military records are not available to the Board. Since the applicant's...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003575C070206
On 13 December 1977, the separation authority approved the applicant’s request for discharge and directed that he receive an under other than honorable conditions discharge. On 13 December 1977, the applicant was discharged accordingly. The applicant's record of service shows charges were preferred against the applicant for being AWOL for 238 days.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003580C070206
The evidence confirms the applicant was wounded in action on 31 May 1969 and awarded the Purple Heart. The evidence also confirms the applicant is entitled to two bronze service stars on his Vietnam Service Medal and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected: a. by showing he was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds sustained on 31 May 1969 while in...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003590C070206
THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE: 1. The DD Form 214 issued to the applicant on the date of his discharge confirms he completed 2 years and 9 days of creditable active military service. On 24 May 1973, after having carefully reviewed the applicant’s record and the issues he presented, the Army Discharge Review Board (ADRB) concluded the applicant’s discharge was proper and equitable, and it voted to deny his request for an upgrade of his discharge.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003600C070206
Item 12f will contain the total amount of foreign service completed during the period covered by the DD Form 214 and Item 18f will document deployments of active duty Soldiers and show the country to which deployed and the inclusive dates of deployment. The Board determined that the evidence presented was sufficient to warrant a recommendation for partial relief. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by amending...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003605C070206
A fire destroyed approximately 18 million service members’ records at the National Personnel Records Center in 1973. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: There are no medical records available which show the applicant was wounded or treated for wounds as a result of hostile action during his service in WWII. Therefore, in the absence of medical records supporting the applicant's contention, there is an insufficient basis for award of the Purple Heart in this case.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003611C070206
He enlisted in the Regular Army in the pay grade of E-3 on 17 January 1984, for a period of 3 years and training as a unit supply specialist. On 21 December 1984, the applicant’s commander informed him that he was initiating action to discharge him from the Army under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-200, chapter 13, for unsatisfactory performance. The applicant responded to the Report of Survey on 10 October 1996 asserting that he had turned the items in to the supply sergeant who...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003612C070206
The applicant requests that his 1966 separation document be corrected to show that he served in Vietnam and that he is entitled to the Vietnam Service Medal and the Combat Infantryman Badge. Item 38 (Record of Assignments) on his Department of the Army Form 20 (Enlisted Qualification Record) does contain an entry indicating that in February 1965 he assumed duties as a gunner while attached to the 119th Aviation Company. The absence of evidence that he was awarded an Armed Forces...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003616C070206
SUPPLEMENTAL RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 15 March 2003 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20050003616 I certify that hereinafter is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual. Jonathan K. Rost | |Member | The Board considered the following additional evidence: Exhibit C – (show the identifying data for the original Record of Proceedings) CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE: 9. ...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003622C070206
In effect, the applicant requests that all of his Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rated disabilities be approved for Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC), and that the U.S. Army Physical Disability Agency (USAPDA) Combat Related Special Compensation (CRSC) Branch be investigated. The applicant provides the denial of his request to reconsider his CRSC application and a VA rating decision which shows that he was rated zero percent disabled by the VA for post operative rectal...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003632C070206
The applicant requests that his records be corrected by upgrading his discharge to honorable. On 21 September 1981, the Army Discharge Review Board denied the applicant's petition to upgrade his discharge. Presidential Proclamation 4313, issued on 16 September 1974, provided for the issuance of a clemency discharge to certain former soldiers who voluntarily entered into and completed an alternate restitution program specifically designed for former soldiers who received a less...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003636C070206
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 19 OCTOBER 2005 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20050003636 I certify that hereinafter is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual. THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE: 1. In order to justify correction of a military record the applicant must show, or it must otherwise satisfactorily appear, that the record is in error or unjust.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003638C070206
The applicant requests, in effect, that item 9d (Effective Date/Year/Month/ Day) be corrected to show the entry "76 10 01' (1 October 1976) instead of the entry "76 09 27" (27 September 1976), that item 18a (Record of Service/Net Active Service This Period) be corrected to show the entry "02 00 00" (2 years) instead of the entry "01 11 26" (1 year, 11 months, and 26 days) and item 18c (Record of Service/Total Active Service) of his DD Form 214 (Report of Separation From Active Duty)...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003649C070206
LaVerne Douglas | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. There is no evidence of record which shows the applicant applied to the Army Discharge Review Board (ADRB) within its 15-year statute of limitations. The applicant has failed to show through the evidence submitted or the evidence of record that the type of discharge issued to him was in error or unjust.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003651C070206
Linda M. Baker | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The applicant provides the partial denial of his request to reconsider his CRSC application and excerpts from his military and VA medical records. The OUSD has maintained in these opinions that in order for a condition to be considered combat related, there must be evidence of the condition having a direct, causal relationship to war or the simulation of war.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003652C070206
Carol A. Kornhoff | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. In pertinent part, it states an honorable discharge is a separation with honor. It is also noted a letter dated 29 June 1953, which he provided to the Board, indicated there was evidence the applicant "knew what was going on, and some evidence that he was accepting a rake-off on the proceeds."
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003654C070206
THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE: 1. These medical treatment records do not show the applicant’s wound was the result of a combat related injury. It states, in pertinent part, that in order to support award of the Purple Heart, there must be evidence confirming the wound/injury for which the award is being made was the direct result of, or caused by enemy action, the wound or injury must have required treatment by medical officials and this medical treatment must have been...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003656C070206
Pertinent Army regulations provide that prior to discharge or release from active duty, individuals will be assigned RE codes, based on their service records or the reason for discharge. The applicant's RE Code of "3" is consistent with the basis for his separation from the Regular Army and in this case finds no basis to change the existing code. The applicant has failed to show, through the evidence submitted with his application or the evidence of record, that his separation...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003657C070206
The applicant requests that his under other than honorable conditions discharge be upgraded to a hardship or medical discharge. On 14 June 1979, the applicant was discharged, with an under other than honorable conditions discharge, by reason of "For the Good of the Service - In Lieu of Court-Martial." Records show the applicant should have discovered the alleged error or injustice now under consideration on 14 June 1979, the date of the ADRB action; therefore, the time for the applicant to...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003661C070206
The applicant states, in effect, that he should have been awarded the Purple Heart. The applicant’s Military Personnel Records Jacket (MPRJ) contains no orders or other documents that indicate he was ever wounded in action or awarded the Purple Heart. There is no medical evidence of record which shows the applicant was wounded or treated for wounds resulting from hostile action.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003662C070206
The applicant requests, in effect, that his records be corrected to reflect his award of the Purple Heart and Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM) with “V” Device and that he be awarded the Good Conduct Medal (GCMDL). After carefully examining the applicant’s record of service, the Board has determined that the applicant should have received the GCMDL for his service from 4 October 1966 through 3 October 1968. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003663C070206
On 24 February 1969, the unit commander advised the applicant that he was recommending the applicant’s discharge under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-212 (Personnel Separations), by reason of unfitness. Army Regulation 635-200, paragraph 3-7, provides that a general discharge is a separation from the Army under honorable conditions. The record further shows the applicant’s discharge accurately reflects his overall record of undistinguished service.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003668C070206
The applicant's DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) shows that he was discharged on 2 April 1981 under the provisions of chapter 10 of Army Regulation 635-200 for the good of the service. Army Regulation 635-200, paragraph 3-7, provides that a general discharge is a separation from the Army under honorable conditions. Evidence of record shows the applicant acknowledged in his own hand the effects of a discharge under other than honorable conditions.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003675C070206
On 3 June 1964, the applicant was released from active duty with a general discharge under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-200 for expiration term of service. The applicant’s record of service included two nonjudicial punishments and one summary court-martial conviction. The Board determined that the evidence presented does not demonstrate the existence of a probable error or injustice.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003676C070206
Once the Korean War Service Medal has been authorized by the Department of the Air Force, the applicant may apply to the Army Board for Correction of Military Records to add this foreign award to his DD Form 214. There is no evidence in the Reports of Medical History or Reports of Medical Examination, prepared jointly by the applicant and attending physician during the course of the applicant's military service, which shows that the applicant sustained any wounds while serving in Korea,...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003680C070206
In order to justify correction of a military record the applicant must show to the satisfaction of the Board, or it must otherwise satisfactorily appear, that the record is in error or unjust. The applicant has failed to show through evidence submitted with his application or the evidence of record that he ever served in Vietnam. Records show the applicant should have discovered the alleged error or injustice now under consideration on 24 January 1971; therefore, the time for the applicant...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003685C070206
Edward E. Montgomery | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: The Board accepts the 17 December 2002 concurrence of the applicant's spouse in which it appears she had added the entry, "(10 years)" (i.e., the age of their daughter), together with the applicant's current contention, that both of them agreed he would elect spouse and children SBP coverage. As a result, the Board recommends...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003691C070206
The applicant's records contain a copy of DD Form 214, with an effective date of 3 May 1991, which shows in Item 13 that he was awarded the Army Service Ribbon, Army Lapel Button, and National Defense Service Medal. The applicant's records contain a copy of NGB Form 22 (Department of the Army and the Air Force National Guard Bureau, Report of Separation and Record of Service), with an effective date of 10 March 1992, which shows in Item 15 (Decorations, Medals, Badges, Commendations,...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003692C070206
The applicant requests correction of his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to show his award of the Purple Heart and his total active service. A DD Form 214 with an effective date of 30 September 1988 shows the applicant retired from active duty. The Board determined that the evidence presented was sufficient to warrant a recommendation for partial relief and to excuse failure to timely file.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003693C070206
The applicant requests, in two separate DD Forms 149, correction of his DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge) to show award of the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Parachutist Badge, and the Driver Badge. Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show this unit award. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by: a. showing award of the Combat Infantryman...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003695C070206
Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides that the Combat Infantryman Badge is awarded to infantry officers and to enlisted and warrant officer persons who have an infantry MOS. Records show the applicant should have discovered the alleged error or injustice now under consideration on 9 July 1968; therefore, the time for the applicant to file a request for correction of any error or injustice expired on 8 July 1971. Therefore, the Board requests that the CMSD-St. Louis administratively correct the...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003696C070206
The applicant requests, in effect, that his military records be corrected to reflect his middle name as E----d instead of U-----s. 2. The DD Form 47 (Record of Induction) records his middle name as U-----s. A review of all of the applicant's military records, including medical records, show his middle name as U-----s. Throughout his military service, the applicant signed his name using U-----s as his middle name. However, there is no evidence that shows the applicant ever used the middle...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003700C070206
On the date he was released from active duty, he had completed 2 years, 7 months, and 3 days active military service. Further, “the Combat Infantryman Badge is not an award for being shot at or for undergoing the hazards of day to day combat.” This regulation also stated the Combat Infantryman Badge was authorized for award to infantry officers and to enlisted and warrant officer persons who have an infantry MOS and required that they must have served in active ground combat while assigned...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003702C070206
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 18 October 2005 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20050003702 I certify that hereinafter is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual. There is no evidence in the available records which shows that the applicant was awarded the Purple Heart or was wounded as a result of hostile action in Vietnam. In the absence of orders or other evidence of record...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003706C070206
There are no documents in the FSM's records that show he was awarded the Mechanic Badge. Therefore, the Board accepts this evidence as sufficient to show the FSM met the qualifications for a "skilled" rating for the Mechanic Badge and therefore as sufficient evidence to show the FSM is eligible for award of the Mechanic Badge. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by amending his WD AGO Form 53-55: a. to show...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003715C070206
The applicant requests that his records be corrected to show award of the Good Conduct Medal (5th award) and a second Meritorious Service Medal. On 24 November 2004 the applicant was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for his service from 19 June 1989 through 30 November 2004. The applicant has provided no evidence and the available records do not contain any indication of award of a Meritorious Service Medal other than the one issued for his service from 19 June 1989 through 30 November 2004.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003716C070206
Jeanette McPherson | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. While the basis for those additional awards of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal is not clearly evident in the records available to the Board, there is no reason to doubt the applicant's entitlement to those decorations. However, the evidence does confirm that the applicant participated in a combat parachute jump on 20 December 1989 as part of Operation...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003724C070206
The applicant’s military records are not available to the Board for review. A review of the available service records indicate that he was charged with 7 days of lost time for being absent without leave (AWOL) during the period of 2 March to 8 March 1952. The evidence of record clearly shows that the applicant was granted ordinary leave from 1 February to 1 March 1952 and that on 2 March 1952, he was admitted to an Air Force Hospital on 1 March 1952, the last day of his leave.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003727C070206
Further discussion is required with regards to the applicant's request for award of the Army Commendation Medal, with oak leaf cluster and, with "V" Device; the Vietnam Service Medal, with four bronze service stars; the Air Medal, with four "V" Devices; and the Aircraft Crewmember Badge. The applicant was awarded the Air Medal, with "V" Device, in General Orders Number 14057, Headquarters, 101st Airborne Division, dated 28 November 1970, for heroism while participating in aerial flight in...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003728C070206
The applicant requests that his DD Form 214 dated 10 March 2005 be corrected to reflect four awards of the Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM), three awards of the Army Achievement Medal (AAM), his award of the United Nations Medal – Haiti, and his Achievement Medal for Civilian Service. The applicant’s records contain orders awarding him three awards of the ARCOM. The Board further determined that the evidence provided by the applicant was sufficient to award the fourth award of the ARCOM and...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003730C070206
Randolph J. Fleming | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. On 19 March 1985, the Army Discharge Review Board (ADRB) determined that the applicant’s discharge was proper and equitable and it voted to deny the applicant’s request for an upgrade of her discharge. The U.S. Court of Appeals, observing that applicants to the Army Discharge Review Board (ADRB) are by statute allowed 15 years to apply there, and that...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003731C070206
On 21 March 1974, the separation authority approved the applicant's request for discharge and directed that he be furnished an undesirable discharge. Evidence of record shows that on 28 February 1974, after consulting with counsel, the applicant submitted a request for discharge for the good of the service and indicated in his request that he had not been subjected to coercion. The applicant’s record of service included one nonjudicial punishment and 59 days of lost time.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003735C070206
This form also shows that the applicant was held in civil confinement by the Texas Department of Correction from 7 April 1968 through 5 March 1970, the date of his discharge. On 16 February 1970, the separation authority directed that the applicant be discharged under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-206, by reason of misconduct (civil conviction), and directed that the applicant receive an undesirable discharge. Army Regulation 635-200, paragraph 3-7, provides that a...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003737C070206
Counsel states, regarding the applicant's OER for the period ending 17 April 2003, her SR purports to be Doctor K___. Counsel provides the applicant's OER for the period ending 12 April 1996 with her SR's referral letter and her acknowledgement of receipt; her Officer Record Brief; OERs for the periods ending 23 June 1992, 23 June 1993, 31 May 1994, 9 November 1994, and 14 September 1995; her 3 June 1997 appeal of the 12 April 1996 OER with supporting statements; U. S. Army Human Resource...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003741C070206
It states, in pertinent part, that a bronze service star is authorized with this award for each campaign a member is credited with participating in while serving in the RVN. The evidence of record confirms the applicant served in the RVN for more than 9 months from 14 February through 18 November 1967. The Board determined that the evidence presented was sufficient to warrant a recommendation for partial relief and to excuse failure to timely file.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050003743C070206
Item 34 (Wounds Received in Action), of the applicant's WD AGO Form 53- 55, shows the entry, "None." As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by: a. deleting the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal from the applicant's WD AGO Form 53-55; b. awarding the applicant one silver service star to be affixed to his European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, to correctly denote his campaign participation credit...