ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014210
The applicant requests, in effect, that his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) be corrected to show he was awarded two awards of the Army Achievement Medal; three awards of the Army Commendation Medal; the German Military Parachute Badge; the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; the Afghanistan Campaign Medal; the Iraq Campaign Medal; and to show he deployed to Iraq. The applicant provides his DD Form 214; military occupational specialty orders, dated 10...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014210
The applicant requests, in effect, that his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) be corrected to show he was awarded two awards of the Army Achievement Medal; three awards of the Army Commendation Medal; the German Military Parachute Badge; the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; the Afghanistan Campaign Medal; the Iraq Campaign Medal; and to show he deployed to Iraq. The applicant provides his DD Form 214; military occupational specialty orders, dated 10...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014214
The applicant requests correction of his military records to show his date of birth as 23 May 1931. Item 9 (Date of Birth) of the applicant's last Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge (DD Form 214) shows his date of birth as 9 January 1931. There is no evidence presented that shows the applicant has or would suffer any injury or injustice as a result of the Army maintaining its records with the date of birth that he used during this service.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014224
Item 13 (Decorations, Medals, Badges, Citations and Campaign Ribbons Awarded or Authorized (All periods of service)) of the applicant's DD Form 214 does not show award of the Southwest Asia Service Medal with one bronze service star or the Kuwait Liberation Medal. Army Regulation 600-8-22 further provides, in pertinent part, that service in the Persian Gulf War is to be recognized by award of the Southwest Asia Service Medal to Army members who participated in Operations Desert...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014228
The applicant's records show that he was awarded the Vietnam Service Medal. Evidence shows the applicant is authorized the award of the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by showing in Item 12 of his DD Form 214 HHC, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry (Airmobile), the awards of the Bronze Star Medal, Soldiers Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal first award for the period 25 November...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014234
The applicant requests that his DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge) with a separation date of 24 November 1969 be corrected to show award of the Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM). There are no permanent orders awarding the applicant the ARCOM available in his official military service record. The applicant's military personnel records show he participated in five campaigns during his service in Vietnam.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014237
The applicant requests correction of his Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge (DD Form 214) to show award of the National Defense Service Medal. The applicant provides copies of his DD Form 214, Report of Separation and Record of Service in the Army National Guard (NGB Form 22), Honorable Discharge Certificate from the Missouri Army National Guard, and an extract of Army Regulation 600-8-22, Military Awards, showing the criteria for award of the National Defense...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014240
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 21 February 2008 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20070014240 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. Army Regulation 672-5-1, in effect at the time, provided that the Army Good Conduct Medal was awarded to individuals who had completed a qualified period of active duty enlisted service. As a result, the Board...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014256
The applicants military records are not available to the Board for review. The facts and circumstances of the applicant's period of service to include his conduct and efficiency ratings, and his units of assignment and duty locations are not available for the Board to review due to the fire in 1973 at the National Personnel Records Center. Evidence of record shows that he was awarded the National Defense Service Medal for his qualifying service from the date he entered the Army on 8 March...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014264
The applicant requests correction of his Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge (DD Form 214) to show award of the Purple Heart for wounds received in the Republic of Vietnam. Records show that the applicant participated in seven campaign periods during his service in the Republic of Vietnam. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by: a. awarding him the Army Good Conduct Medal for the...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014289
The applicant requests the issuance of a DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) for her period of active duty from 16 August 2005 to 15 August 2006. The applicant's records show that she was ordered to active duty for the purpose of COTTAD support to OEF on 16 August 2005. Therefore, there is sufficient evidence to show that the applicant is entitled to a DD Form 214 to show that period of active duty.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014301
The applicant provides copies of the U.S. Army Human Resources Command's previous decisions to deny the Purple Heart, two DA Forms 2823 (Sworn Statement), a Standard Form 600 (Chronological Record of Medical Care), a one page statement from a physician's assistant, and a copy of his unit's recommendation for awarding him the Purple Heart in support of this application. Headquarters, 2nd Battalion, 12 Infantry Regiment memorandum, dated 20 December 2005, and DA Form 4187 (Personnel Action),...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014307
The applicant provided a copy of his DD Form 214, dated 14 June 1968; a copy of his DA Form 137 (Installation Clearance Record), a copy of Certificate of Appreciation, dated 11 June 1968; and a copy of Letter Orders Number 08-1309213 (Discharge from the U.S. Army Reserve), dated 23 August 1972 , in support of his application. There are no Special Orders in the applicants record that show he was promoted to SGT/E-5. His record does not contain any Special Orders that show he was promoted...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014328C080407
Jerome L. Pionk | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE: 1. The evidence of record confirms the applicant was reduced from SSG to SGT for inefficiency by proper authority on 29 February 1992, and that he held the rank of SGT on the date of his discharge from the USAR on 8 April 1997.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014345
All the documents containing the facts and circumstances surrounding the applicant's discharge are not present in the available records; however, the applicant submitted a copy of his DD Form 214 which shows that on 1 May 1970, he was discharged in the pay grade of E-1, under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-206, for misconduct - due to a civil court conviction. There is no evidence that the applicant applied to the Army Discharge Review Board (ADRB) for an upgrade of his discharge...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014347
The applicant requests that his student loans be repaid per the Student Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) incentive for which he enlisted. However, the available evidence of record shows that only $1,500 of that loan was disbursed. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by: a. amending his Student Loan Repayment Program Addendum to show he was approved for the SLRP in an amount up to $20,000 as an exception to policy;...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014352
Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) states that the Korea Defense Service Medal is authorized for award to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who have served on active duty in support of the defense of the Republic of Korea. Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides for award of the United Nations Service Medal. The applicant is not entitled to award of the American Defense Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Service Medal, the Army Service...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014361
The applicant requests correction of his military records to show his last name as J_ _ _ _ _ _ instead of S_ _ _ _ _ _. The applicants records show that he used the last name S_ _ _ _ _ _ on all of his military documents and records throughout his military service. The applicant requests his service records be corrected to change his last name to J_ _ _ _ _ _.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014365
It needs to state that he was discharged for hardship or for a medical condition. On 25 September 2002, the U. S. Total Army Personnel Command approved a request for early separation pertaining to the applicant and stated the narrative reason for separation would be Secretarial Authority. The approval action noted that a member of the Judge Advocate Generals Corps counseled the applicant and explained the impact of his request for voluntary separation. Army Regulation 635-200 sets forth...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014365
It needs to state that he was discharged for hardship or for a medical condition. The applicant’s service medical records are not available. Army Regulation 635-200 sets forth the basic authority for the separation of enlisted personnel.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014375
The applicant requests, in effect, that his general discharge, under honorable conditions, be upgraded to an honorable discharge. Army Regulation 635-200, paragraph 3-7a, provides that an honorable discharge is a separation with honor and entitles the recipient to benefits provided by law. The applicant has provided insufficient evidence to show that his discharge was unjust.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014376
The applicant requests, in effect, an upgrade of his under other than honorable conditions discharge to a general discharge under honorable conditions. The board of officers met to determine whether the applicant should be discharged from the service by reason of Chapter 14-12c commission of a serious offense, under the provision of Army Regulation 635-200. The separation document (DD Form 214) issued to the applicant upon his separation shows that on 18 August 1992, the applicant was...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014380
The applicant's MPRJ contains no orders, or other documents that indicate he was ever recommended for, or awarded a second award of the ARCOM or that he was ever recommended for or awarded the ARCOM with V Device. Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) prescribes Army policy and criteria concerning individual military awards. It confirms that during his tenure of assignment in the RVN, the applicants unit (Co C, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment) earned the RVN Gallantry Cross...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014385C080407
John G. Heck | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The applicant's record documents a disciplinary history that includes his acceptance of non-judicial punishment (NJP) under the provisions of Article 15 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) on two separate occasions, and an extensive record of formal counseling for a myriad of performance and conduct issues. On 24 April 2002, the unit commander...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014395
He discussed this with his ROTC cadre and informed them that he would be enlisting into active duty in lieu of payment. Paragraph 7d of the applicant's DA Form 597-3 would have stated, "if the cadet were disenrolled from the ROTC program for any reason, the Secretary of the Army could order the cadet to reimburse the United States the dollar amount plus interest that bears the same ratio to the total cost of the scholarship financial assistance provided by the United States to the cadet as...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014413C080407
Thomas M. Ray | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. There is no authority to change the HOR as officially recorded at time of entry into the military service. By law and regulation, the HOR is the place recorded as the home of the individual at the time of their enlistment or induction, and there is no authority to change the HOR officially recorded at the time of entry into military service.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014416
The applicant requests correction of his Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge (DD Form 214) to show award of the Purple Heart for wounds he sustained while serving in the Republic of Vietnam. Item 24 (Decorations, Medals, Badges, Commendations, Citations and Campaign Ribbons Awarded or Authorized) of the applicant's DD Form 214, as corrected by DD Form 215, lists his awards as the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, and the Vietnam Campaign...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014420
Counsel states, in effect, that since the applicant did not receive notification of her bad conduct discharge until November 2004, the statute of limitations had not expired at the time of her request. The applicant pled guilty, at a General Court-martial, to three wrongful uses of cocaine and was sentenced to reduction to pay grade E-1, 8 months confinement, and a bad conduct discharge. The military Judge sentenced her to a reduction to pay grade E-1, confinement for 8 months, and a bad...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014427
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 6 May 2008 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20070014427 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 requests the records of her deceased husband, hereafter referred to as the former service member (FSM), be corrected to show he served with the 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), and his date of...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014429C080407
Jerome L. Pionk | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. There is no authority to change the HOR as officially recorded at time of entry into the military service. In this case, the applicant provides finance documents that indicate his State of legal residence was Florida in 2007; however, he makes no claim that his HOR was in error at the time of his entry into the Army.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014446
CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE: 9. The ABCMR's decision in Docket Number AR20060016760, failed to show the applicant's need for an education waiver during his promotion consideration. BOARD VOTE: __JAM___ __BJE__ __CAD__ GRANT FULL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING ________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION: The Board determined that the evidence presented was sufficient to...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014448
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 26 February 2008 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20070014448 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 requests, in effect, that the active and inactive service on his DD Forms 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) be properly calculated. He was discharged on 16 April 1992: 91 05 27...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014448
John G. Heck | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. 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. He was discharged on 19 April 1992.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014449
The applicant requests, in effect, that his records be corrected to show he was not a deserter from the Army. His record does show that the separation approving authority approved a request for discharge for the good of the service under the provision of Army Regulation 635-200 (Personnel Separation) chapter 10, pertaining the applicant, and directed that his discharge be characterized as under honorable conditions. The applicant contends that his records should be corrected to show he was...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014452
The applicant, the widow of a deceased former service member (FSM), requests that his undesirable discharge be upgraded to an honorable or general discharge. Also in his request, the FSM understood that if his request for discharge was accepted, he would normally be discharged under other than honorable conditions and furnished an Undesirable Discharge Certificate. The Army Board for Correction of Military Records may elect to change the punishment and/or the characterization of service if...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014464
The applicant requests that his under other than honorable conditions discharge be upgraded. However, his DD Form 214 shows that he was discharged on 8 April 1991 under the provisions of chapter 10 of Army Regulation 635-200 (Personnel Separations) by reason of "FOR THE GOOD OF THE SERVICE-IN LIEU OF COURT-MARTIAL" with a characterization of service of under other than honorable conditions. Although an honorable or general discharge is authorized, a discharge under other than honorable...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014478
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 7 February 2008 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20070014478 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 are no general orders in the applicant's records to show he was awarded the Purple Heart. In the absence of evidence that the applicant was wounded or injured as a result of hostile action and treated for those...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014495
Powers Member The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The applicant requests, in effect, that his discharge under other than honorable conditions be upgraded to a general discharge under honorable conditions. There is no evidence that the applicant applied to the Army Discharge Review Board for upgrade of his discharge within its 15-year statute of limitations.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014496
The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The applicant's record shows that he enlisted in the Regular Army and entered active duty on 9 August 1979. Therefore, given his extensive record of misconduct, his undistinguished service record, and the severity of the offenses for which he was convicted, there is an insufficient evidentiary basis to support clemency in this case.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014501
The applicant requests correction of his DD Form 214 (Report of Separation from the Armed Forces of the United States) to show award of the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB), the Bronze Star Medal with V Device, and the Purple Heart with 1st Oak Leaf Cluster. There is no evidence of record nor has the applicant submitted any evidence that shows he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with V Device. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014504
This DD Form 214 does show award of the Bronze Star Medal, ARCOM, Air Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal. The applicant's military service records do not contain orders for award of the Army Good Conduct Medal. Therefore, he is entitled to have his record corrected to show award of the ARCOM with "V" Device.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014505
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 20 February 2008 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20070014505 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 requests, in effect, that his undesirable discharge be upgraded to honorable. On 8 March 1973, the separation authority approved the applicants request for discharge and directed that he be issued an...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014509
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 13 March 2008 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20070014509 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 provides an undated Army certificate of training that shows he successfully completed the Sniper School (4-70) at Camp Radcliff, Vietnam. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014510
John G. Heck | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE: 1. On 28 July 1969, the appropriate authority approved the applicant’s request and directed he receive an Undesirable Discharge.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014510
THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE: 1. Chapter 10 of that regulation provides, in pertinent part, that a member who has committed an offense or offenses for which the authorized punishment includes a punitive discharge may at any time after the charges have been preferred, submit a request for discharge for the good of the service in lieu of trial by court-martial. Army Regulation 635-200, paragraph 3-7b, provides that a general discharge is a separation from the Army under...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014521
x The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. Paragraph 2-4 of this regulation states that once a document is placed in the OMPF it becomes a permanent part of that file and will not be removed from that file or moved to another part of the file unless directed by the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR); the DASEB; the Army Appeals Board; Chief of Appeals and Corrections Branch of the U.S. Army Human Resources...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014523
The applicant also submitted a copy of Headquarters, United States Army Military Assistance Command-Vietnam, Army Advisory Group, certificate showing he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for distinguishing himself by meritorious service in connection with military operations against a hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam, during the period March 1972 to February 1973. Evidence of record shows the applicant was awarded the Vietnam Service Medal. As a result, the Board recommends that...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014526
The applicant's military records are not available to the Board for review. The available evidence of record shows that the applicant served in the European Theater of Operations as a truck driver with both the 3883rd and the 3633rd Quartermaster Truck Companies. The only evidence showing that he was assigned to the 111th Medical Battalion is his WD AGO Form 53-55 issued at the time of his discharge.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014606
The applicant stated, in effect, that he accepted full responsibility for his actions. Evidence of record shows that the applicant was separated from the service for misconduct under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-200, chapter 14-12c(2). The evidence of record confirms that the applicants separation processing was accomplished in accordance with the applicable regulations, to include the RE code 4 code assignment.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070014608
The applicant requests, in effect, correction of her promotion effective date and date of rank for captain from 9 November 2006 to 24 August 2006. In view of the circumstances in this case, the applicant is should receive an adjustment of her promotion effective date and date of rank to captain to 24 August 2006, the date the Federal Recognition Board approved her for promotion based on a position vacancy, and entitlement to back pay and allowances. As a result, the Board recommends that...