APPLICANT REQUESTS: That his DD Form 214, Report of Separation, be corrected to show that he was awarded the Purple Heart.
APPLICANT STATES: That the Purple Heart was awarded to him for wounds suffered in Vietnam. In support of his request, he provides a copy of a Purple Heart Certificate dated 6 June 1968 identifying him as the recipient.
EVIDENCE OF RECORD: The applicant's military records show:
He was inducted on 15 November 1967 and served 11 months and 29 days in Vietnam. On 25 August 1969 he was released from active duty to attend school and transferred to the USAR to complete his military service obligation.
Despite the Purple Heart Certificate included with his application, there is no other evidence in the available records to substantiate that he was wounded as a result of hostile action or awarded a Purple Heart.
On 25 September 1996 the applicant was requested to furnish the original Purple Heart Certificate or a certified copy thereof: however, he has not responded to the request.
Army Regulation 600-8-22, Military Awards, provides in pertinent part, that the Purple Heart is awarded for a wound sustained as the result of hostile action. Substantiating evidence must be provided to verify that the wound was the result of hostile action, the wound must have required treatment by a medical officer, and the medical treatment must have been made a matter of official record.
DISCUSSION: Considering all the evidence, allegations, and information presented by the applicant, together with the evidence of record, applicable law and regulations, it is concluded:
1. After examining all of the records, there is no evidence that the applicant was wounded as the result of enemy action. Additionally, in the absence of corroborating facts elsewhere in the record that he was awarded a Purple Heart, the Purple Heart Certificate by-itself does not provide the compelling evidence necessary to grant the relief requested.
2. 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 submit evidence that would satisfy this requirement.
3. In view of the foregoing, there appears to be no basis for granting the applicants request.
DETERMINATION: The applicant has failed to submit sufficient relevant evidence to demonstrate the existence of probable error or injustice.
BOARD VOTE:
GRANT
GRANT FORMAL HEARING
DENY APPLICATION
Karl F. Schneider
Acting Director
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