ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006193C070206
The applicant requests that his active duty during the period 26 April 1989 to 25 April 1992 be added to his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty). The applicant provides a copy of his National Guard Bureau (NGB) Form 22 (Report of Separation and Record of Service) for the period ending 15 June 1992; a website regarding award of the National Defense Service Medal; his Army National Guard Retirement Points History Statement; two Forms W-2 (Wage and Tax Statement)...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006194C070206
In pertinent part, it directs that the primary MOS code number and title will be entered in item 23a on the DD Form 214. The evidence of record shows the applicant completed training in MOS 71H and was awarded primary MOS 71H. The applicant's Enlisted Qualification Record shows he served in MOS 11B as a rifleman in Alaska and Hawaii.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006195C070206
The applicant states, in effect, that he is entitled to the PH based on shrapnel wounds he received in his right leg on 7 October 1944, and this award should be added to the awards listed on his separation document (WD AGO Form 53-55). It states, in pertinent part, that a bronze service star is authorized with this award for each campaign a member participated in while serving in the ETO. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006197C070206
The application submitted in this case is dated 1 April 2005. Therefore, there is no evidence that the applicant was in a standby status until he was 70 years of age. Records show the applicant should have discovered the alleged error or injustice now under consideration on 23 May 1985, the date he attained 30 years of combined active service and time on the Retired List; therefore, the time for the applicant to file a request for correction of any error or injustice expired on 22 May 1988.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006208C070206
The applicant’s Enlisted Qualification Record (DA Form 20) shows, in Item 38 (Record of Assignments), that the applicant served in MOS 76A as a supply clerk at Fort Benning, Georgia until 15 May 1967, at which time he departed for the RVN. The applicant’s DA Form 20 confirms he was trained in and awarded MOS 76P, and that he was assigned to positions authorized that MOS throughout his active duty tenure, to include the period he served in the RVN. As a result, the Board recommends that all...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006210C070206
The EREC discharge eligibility letter also informed the applicant that he was in a deserter status and was eligible for discharge in absentia with an UOTHC discharge. The DD Form 214 he was issued shows he was separated under the provisions of chapter 14, Army Regulation 635-200, by reason of misconduct (desertion), after completing a total of 2 years, 10 months and 28 days of creditable active military service and accruing 2,869 days of time lost due to AWOL. After failing to respond to...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006211C070206
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 12 January 2006 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20050006211 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. On 21 April 1972, the applicant was discharged under the provisions of Chapter 10 of Army Regulation 635-200, for the good of the service and was issued an Undesirable Discharge Certificate. Each case is decided on...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006212C070206
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 1 December 2005 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20050006212 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. Richard G. Sayre | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006216C070206
The applicant requests correction of his DD Form 214 (Report of Transfer or Discharge) to show award of the Purple Heart and the Vietnam Campaign Medal. 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. Evidence shows that the applicant’s records contain an administrative error which does not require action by the Board.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006221C070206
The applicant states that she was not given the chance to rehabilitate in accordance with Army Regulation 635-200, chapter 1, paragraphs 1-15 and 1-16; chapter 3, paragraphs 3-1, 3-4, 3-7, 3-11 and 3-12; and chapter 4, paragraphs 4-1, 4-2, 4-7, 4-8 and 4-10. 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. There is no evidence of record which shows the...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006229C070206
The applicant’s military records are not available to the Board for review. Although there are no orders for the Combat Infantryman Badge in the available records, evidence of record shows the applicant served as a rifleman assigned to an infantry company during World War II and he was wounded in action on 6 April 1945. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by amending the applicant’s WD AGO Form 53-55 to show...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006231C070206
The applicant requests, in effect, that her DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, be corrected to include all her service time. Item 12 (Record of Service), subparagraph d. (Total Prior Active Service), of the applicant's DD Form 214, shows the entry: 0000 years / 02 months / 12 days. Administrative errors made in the preparation of the applicant's DD Form 214 for her second period of active duty service were carried over to her third period of active duty...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006232C070206
The applicant requests correction of his WD AGO Form 53-55 (Enlisted Record and Report of Separation) to show a tour of duty in Japan. The applicant’s military records are not available to the Board for review. Records show the applicant should have discovered the alleged error now under consideration on 8 January 1946; therefore, the time for the applicant to file a request for correction of any error expired on 1 January 1950 (3 years after the Board was established on 2 January 1947).
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006234C070206
The applicant requests correction of his WD AGO Form 53-98 (Military Record and Report of Separation Certificate of Service), dated 19 November 1945, to show award of the Distinguished Unit Citation. The applicant’s military records are not available. The applicant's military service record does not contain any general orders awarding him the Distinguished Unit Citation.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006236C070206
It is on the April 1970 separation document where the applicant's service in Vietnam between October 1967 and October 1968 is recorded. The separation document issued in May 1980 accurately reflects the applicant's entire military service in item 12 (record of service) on that separation document. While the evidence does confirm that the applicant initially entered active duty in April 1967, his various periods of active Federal service, and his one period of inactive service are all...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006239C070206
The preponderance of evidence and the advisory opinion shows the applicant enlisted for the postal operations MOS of 71LF5, which was authorized the SLRP in the amount of $20,000, and not for training as a parachutist (MOS 71LP). In the event the applicant has paid her loans as a result of the error in her enlistment contract, her military records may also be corrected to show her DA Form 5261-4-R was amended to include the sentence, “If a student loan is accepted by the officials...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006241C070206
David Tucker | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The applicant requests that his report of separation (DD Form 214) dated 18 May 2004 be completed to reflect in items 12d., his Total Prior Active Service and in 12e., his Total Prior Inactive Service. The applicant enlisted in the USAR on 12 May 1987 and has served in the USAR continuously since that date.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006243C070206
The applicant requests that his 1966 separation document be corrected to reflect entitlement to a Presidential Unit Citation, a Valorous Unit Award, and a Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm, which he refers to as a Vietnamese Gallantry Cross w/palm. This Board does not have copies of unit award citations. The evidence available to the Board does confirm the applicant's unit, the 257th Signal Detachment was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation, a Valorous Unit...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006244C070206
The applicant requests correction of his records to show award of the Purple Heart. The applicant is requesting correction of an alleged error which occurred on 16 January 1946. Item 34 (Wounds Received in Action) shows the entry "None."
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006246C070206
Delia Trimble | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The applicant requests correction of his military records to show award of the Bronze Star Medal. The applicant provides amended permanent orders for the Bronze Star Medal; an award certificate for the Bronze Star Medal; a copy of his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) for the period ending 30 April 1994; and a letter, dated 1...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006262C070206
The applicant requests correction of his military records to show his Foreign Service Credit for his deployment to Kuwait for the period 16 February 1998 through 5 May 1998. The applicant provides in support of his application a copy of his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty), dated of 29 July 2001; and a copy of his award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal which shows his participation in Operation Desert Thunder from 16 February 1998 to 5 May 1998 in...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006270C070206
The Rating Decision noted the applicant had been "assigned a 10 percent evaluation from the Army at discharge for this condition." This will apply whether the particular condition was noted at the time of entrance into active service or is determined upon the evidence of record or accepted medical principles to have existed at that time. The applicant contended the criteria for assignment of a 10 percent rating was not met by the findings on his active duty entrance examination, presumably...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006278C070206
The applicant’s record shows he enlisted in the Regular Army and entered active duty on 15 April 1968. The record does include a separation document (DD Form 214) that shows on 16 February 1970, he was separated under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-212, by reason of his involvement in frequent incidents of a discreditable nature with military authorities, and that he received an UD. There is no evidence showing that the applicant applied to the Army Discharge Review Board for an...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006280C070206
The applicant states he should be entitled to the Combat Infantryman Badge because he served in the "combat engineers." The applicant’s military records are not available to the Board for review. Evidence shows that the applicant’s records contain an administrative error which does not require action by the Board.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006281C070206
THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE: 1. Item 3 (Grade) of the applicant’s separation document shows he held the rank of TEC 5 on the date of his separation. However, the applicant confirms he was reduced in rank for cause, and while he claims the reason for the reduction was unjust, absent any evidence of record to corroborate this claim, there is an insufficient evidentiary basis to support granting the requested relief at this late date.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006288C070206
The applicant provides: a. The certificate shows the applicant was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in the RVN on 13 May 1969. Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show award of the Purple Heart in this case.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006290C070206
The applicant provides a DD Form 214; a DA Form 2496 (Disposition Form) Subject: Recommendation for Promotion, dated 3 July 1969; a Recommendation for Promotion memorandum, dated 7 July 1969; a DA Form 2166 (Enlisted Efficiency Report), dated 3 July 1969; and a 13 page Promotion Points Worksheet, dated 18 July 1969. A DA Form 2496, dated 3 July 1969 shows that the applicant's commander prepared a promotion packet that recommended the applicant for promotion to the grade of Specialist Five...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006293C070206
On 1 January 2005, the applicant's parent unit commander (926th Engineer Battalion) submitted a recommendation that the applicant be awarded the CMB based on the medical support he provided to the 19th Special Forces Group, Operational Detachment Alpha 931, which included his personal presence with the unit while it was engaged in action against enemy forces during the period 9 through 17 May 2004. The evidence of record confirms the applicant served in a medical MOS with a qualifying...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006300C070206
The applicant provided a copy of his DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty; a copy of a DD Form 215, Correction to DD Form 214, dated 21 November 1996; a copy of a certificate awarding him the Army Commendation Medal, dated 1 April 1991; a copy of a DA Form 1577, Authorization for Issuance of Awards, dated 22 November 1996; and a copy of a Department of the Army Letter, Subject: Policy Change to the Combat Medical Badge, dated 15 July 2004; in support of his...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006303C070206
The applicant requests that his Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rated disabilities for tinnitus and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) be approved for Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC). The applicant provides the denial of his request to reconsider his CRSC application, his separation documents, a VA rating decision, and the following records pertaining to his VA rated disabilities: a. a Standard Form 513, Consultation Sheet, dated 30 April 1998, which shows that the...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006308C070206
Jeanette R. McCants | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. While a disability resulting from a military parachute jump would certainly be considered combat related, the applicant has not submitted any documentation to substantiate that his traumatic arthritis was caused by an injury incurred during a parachute jump. Without evidence to establish a direct, causal relationship to the applicant’s COPD and traumatic...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006317C070206
The application submitted in this case is dated 20 April 2005. On 13 March 2000, the CG, 77th RSC approved the findings and recommendations of the officer board of inquiry and forwarded the applicant’s case for final action to the Army Reserve Personnel Command (AR- PERSCOM) with a recommendation for a characterization of UOTHC, under Army Regulation 600-8-24. The U.S. Court of Appeals, observing that applicants to the Army Discharge Review Board (ADRB) are by statute allowed 15 years to...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006329C070206
The applicant’s record shows he enlisted in the Regular Army and entered active duty on 28 August 1967, for a period of 3 years. The applicant authenticated this document with his signature indicating he was discharged under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-200, Chapter 10, the character of service was Under Conditions Other Than Honorable and that the reason for discharge was for the good of the service. There is no indication that the applicant applied to the Army Discharge Review...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006341C070206
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 10 January 2006 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20050006341 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. In view of the circumstances in this case, the applicant is not entitled to correction of his DD Form 214, Item 25, to show he completed the Ranger School. There are no orders in the applicant service records to...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006342C070206
LaVerne M. Douglas | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The applicant’s record shows he served on active duty as a member of the Army National Guard (ARNG) from 31 July 1989 through 3 November 1989. Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) contains the Army’s awards policy.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006343C070206
There is no indication in the applicant's service personnel records to show he was considered or recommended for or awarded the ARCOM for service while assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 58th Infantry, which would have been published by Headquarters, 197th Light Infantry Brigade, at Fort Benning, Georgia. The applicant requested correction of his records to show award of the ARCOM. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006344C070206
The applicant requests correction of his records to show award of the Purple Heart. Once the Korean War Service Medal has been authorized by the Department of the Air Force, the applicant may apply to this Board to add this foreign award to his DD Form 214. The evidence of record includes an entry on the applicant’s DD Form 214 which shows the applicant received a fragment wound to his nose on Korea Hill 159 on 2 February 1952.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006352C070206
At the time of his enlistment, the applicant signed a DD Form 4, stating that he had one dependent, his wife. The separation document (DD Form 214) he was issued shows in block 24a (Statement Of Service), 0 years, 0 months and 0 days of creditable active military service. Soldiers separated under this chapter maybe awarded an honorable discharge, a general discharge, or a discharge under other than honorable conditions.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006355C070206
The applicant was separated on 29 September 1975, under the provisions of paragraph 5-32 of Army Regulation 635-200, by reason of unfulfilled enlistment commitment and issued an Honorable Discharge Certificate. The applicant stated in conclusion that he was "duped into accepting an Unfilled Enlistment Commitment discharge, when in fact I should have received a medical discharge for an injury that occurred while on active duty." Evidence of record shows the applicant was given a permanent...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006356C070206
The applicant states, in effect, that he believes he is entitled to award of the PH for a shrapnel fragment wound he received to his forehead while serving in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN). 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 PH. Therefore, the Board requests that the CMSD-St. Louis administratively correct the records of the individual concerned by showing his entitlement...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006357C070206
Richard G. Sayre | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The applicant requests that his Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rated disability for back strain be approved for Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC). Without evidence to establish a direct, causal relationship to the applicant’s VA rated disability to war or the simulation of war, there is insufficient basis in which to grant his request.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006358C070206
The applicant requests that all of his Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rated disabilities be approved for Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC). Thus, one Gulf War veteran presenting with difficult-to-diagnose symptoms could be diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, which cannot be service-connected under this law because it is a diagnosis. While the applicant has five disabilities which have been classified as Gulf War incurred, there is no evidence or indication that those...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006363C070206
He claims this was the only blemish on his military record, and his overall record of service supports an honorable discharge. On 12 June 1990, the separation authority approved the applicant’s request for discharge and directed that he receive an UOTHC discharge. On 22 June 1995, the Army Discharge Review Board (ADRB) voted to deny the applicant’s request for an upgrade of his discharge after concluding that his discharge was proper and equitable.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006366C070206
The applicant’s record shows that he reenlisted in the Regular Army on 26 October 1968, for 6 years after serving 5 years, 11 months and 15 days of creditable active service. The applicant authenticated this document with his signature indicating he was discharged under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-200, Chapter 10, with an undesirable discharge, characterized as Under Conditions Other Than Honorable, and that the reason for discharge was for the good of the service. There is no...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006381C070206
By regulation, in order to support award of the PH, there must be evidence showing the wound for which the award is being made was received as a direct result of, or caused by enemy action, there must be evidence showing the wound required treatment by military medical personnel, and a record of this treatment must have been made a matter of official record. The evidence in this case include medical treatment records that confirm the applicant received a shrapnel wound to the head in combat...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006387C070206
The applicant's records also show he served in Korea during the period 17 August 1968 through 31 May 1969. On 21 June 1971, the separation authority approved the applicant’s request for discharge and directed that he receive an under other than honorable conditions discharge. The applicant contends his under other than honorable conditions discharge should be upgraded because he honorably served thirteen months in Vietnam and Korea.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006389C070206
The applicant requests that his nine Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rated disabilities for degenerative arthritis be approved for Combat- Related Special Compensation (CRSC). Even if the applicant had submitted documentation showing that he was injured in the Gulf War, he would still have to show that the injury was combat related and that it caused his nine VA rated disabilities for degenerative arthritis. Without evidence to establish a direct, causal relationship to the applicant’s...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006394C070206
The applicant states he was never presented the Purple Heart for wounds received in action. The medical records provided by the applicant are primarily from Department of Veterans Affairs or civilian physician completed after the applicant was discharged from active duty in 1978. Such evidence support a conclusion that in the absence of more compelling medical evidence there is no basis to award the applicant the Purple Heart.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006402C070206
LaVerne M. Douglas | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The applicant states, in effect, that the FSM’s separation document (WD AGO Form 53-55) contains the entry “AP Theater 24 Mar 44” in Item 34 (Wounds Received in Action), and that while the FSM was hospitalized for his war wounds, the PH was awarded to him by a general officer (GO). As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050006404C070206
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 18 JANUARY 2006 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20050006404 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. Karmin Jenkins | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. Once the Korean War Service Medal has been authorized by the Department of the Air...