| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Mr. Edmund P. Mercanti | Analyst |
| Ms. June Hajjar | Chairperson | |
| Mr. Thomas F. Baxter | Member | |
| Mr. John T. Meixell | Member |
2. The applicant requests that he be awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB).
3. The applicant states that he was an infantryman serving in an infantry unit during such time as the unit was engaged in active ground combat.
4. The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted on 29 July 1966, was awarded the military occupational specialty (MOS) of Infantryman, and was promoted to the rank of sergeant.
5. He was assigned to Vietnam on 23 December 1966 and served in the 196th Infantry Brigade until he was wounded in action on 23 November 1967, for which he was hospitalized. He completed his tour in Vietnam and was returned to the United States on 6 January 1968.
6. On 28 July 1968 the applicant was honorably released from active duty at the expiration of his term of service. His separation documents show that he was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal with 1960 Device, the Vietnam Service Medal, and the Purple Heart. He was also awarded qualification badges for rifles and machine guns.
7. Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, that the CIB is awarded to infantry officers and to enlisted and warrant officer persons who have an infantry MOS. They must have served in active ground combat while assigned or attached to an infantry unit of brigade, regimental or smaller size.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. The applicant met all the criteria for award of the CIB, i.e. had an infantryman MOS, served in combat with an infantry unit and was also wounded in action while a member of that infantry unit. It is evident that his failure to be awarded that badge was an oversight, not a deliberate omission.
2. In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.
RECOMMENDATION:
That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by awarding to the individual concerned the CIB.
BOARD VOTE:
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________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
__________June Hajjar________
CHAIRPERSON
| CASE ID | AR2001055143 |
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| RECON | YYYYMMDD |
| DATE BOARDED | 20010816 |
| TYPE OF DISCHARGE | (HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR) |
| DATE OF DISCHARGE | YYYYMMDD |
| DISCHARGE AUTHORITY | AR . . . . . |
| DISCHARGE REASON | |
| BOARD DECISION | GRANT |
| REVIEW AUTHORITY | |
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