2. The applicant requests that his DD Form 214, Release or Discharge from Active Duty, be corrected to reflect that he was awarded the Army Good Conduct Medal (AGCM).
3. He states that he completed 3 years of honorable and faithful service in the Regular Army but the AGCM was not listed on his DD Form 214.
4. The applicants record was not received with his application but a member of the staff of the Board contacted his National Guard unit and his record was reviewed telephonically.
5. The record shows that he enlisted in the Regular Army for 3 years on 27 July 1982 and was honorably discharged on 26 July 1985. His awards at the time of discharge included the Army Service Ribbon, the Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon and the Marksman Badge with rifle bar.
6. Army Regulation 600-8-22, Military Awards, provides, in pertinent part, that the AGCM is awarded for exemplary behavior, efficiency and fidelity for a specific period of service, normally 3 years. The enlisted person must be recommended for the award and it must be announced in orders. Additional criteria requires that the soldier must distinguish himself or herself by exemplary conduct, efficiency and fidelity throughout the specified period of service.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. The applicants records do not show that he was recommended for or awarded the AGCM while on active duty. However, his record reveals no reasons why the award would not have been appropriate.
2. In the absence of disqualifying information, it is presumed that the applicant was entitled to the AGCM and his failure to receive it based upon an oversight.
3. In view of the foregoing, the applicants records should be corrected as recommended below.
RECOMMENDATION:
That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing that the individual concerned was awarded the AGCM for the period 27 July 1982 to 26 July 1985.
BOARD VOTE:
GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
GRANT FORMAL HEARING
DENY APPLICATION
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