| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Mr. Jessie B. Strickland | Analyst |
| Mr. James E. Vick | Chairperson | |
| Ms. Barbara J. Ellis | Member | |
| Mr. William D. Barr | Member |
2. The applicant requests that he be awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB).
3. The applicant states, in effect, that he should have been awarded the CIB because he was actively engaged in combat. He also states that he was assigned to the 1st Ranger Battalion and was subsequently attached to the 3rd Ranger Battalion. In support of his application he submits a copy of his report of separation (WD AGO Form 53-55), a copy of orders awarding him the Good Conduct Medal and orders assigning him to the 1st Ranger Battalion.
4. The applicant’s military records were destroyed in the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) that destroyed millions of service records. However, information contained in reconstructed records as well as the documents provided by the applicant show that he was inducted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 9 April 1941. He completed his training and was transferred to the European Theater of Operations (ETO) on 19 February 1942.
5. He arrived in the ETO on 2 March 1942 and was assigned to the 133rd Infantry. He was subsequently transferred to the 1st Ranger Battalion as a private on 22 June 1942. He participated in the Algeria-French Morocco, Tunisia, Siciliy and Naples-Foggia Campaigns. He departed the Mediterranean Theater of Operations on 4 April 1944 and arrived back in the United States on 3 May 1944.
6. On 3 July 1945, he was honorably discharged at Fort Snelling in the rank of staff sergeant. He had served 4 years and 2 months and 25 days of active Federal service. His military occupational specialty was listed as a supply noncommissioned officer (NCO) and he was awarded the Distinguished Unit Badge, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal and the Good Conduct Medal.
7. Army Regulation 600-8-22 serves as the authority for decorations and awards. It provides, in pertinent part, that the World War II (WW II) Victory Medal is awarded for service between 7 December 1941 and 31 December 1946, both dates inclusive. It also provides that the American Campaign Medal was awarded for service within the American Theater between 7 December 1941 and 2 March 1946 for personnel permanently assigned outside the continental limits of the United States.
8. Army Regulation 600-8-22 also establishes the criteria for award of the CIB. It states, in pertinent part, that to be eligible for the CIB, an individual must be an infantryman with an infantry military occupational specialty (MOS) and must perform duty as an infantryman, as a member of an infantry unit of brigade or smaller size, during any period in which that unit was engaged in ground combat. Battle participation credit alone is not sufficient.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. The applicant’s contentions have been noted by the Board; however, the available evidence of record fails to show that during his service, he held the MOS of an infantryman and that he performed the duties of an infantryman while engaged in ground combat against the enemy. While the evidence shows that he was assigned to an infantry unit, it also indicates that he was performing the duties of a supply NCO. Therefore, in accordance with the applicable regulations governing award of the CIB, he is not entitled to be awarded that badge.
2. However, the applicant was entitled to award of the WWII Victory Medal and the American Campaign Medal that he did not receive. Therefore, it would be in the interest of justice to award him those medals at this time.
3. In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.
RECOMMENDATION:
1. That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by awarding the individual concerned the WWII Victory Medal and the American Campaign Medal.
2. That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied.
BOARD VOTE:
____be__ ___jev __ ___wb __ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
_____James E. Vick______
CHAIRPERSON
| CASE ID | AR2001056094 |
| SUFFIX | |
| RECON | YYYYMMDD |
| DATE BOARDED | 2001/08/21 |
| TYPE OF DISCHARGE | |
| DATE OF DISCHARGE | |
| DISCHARGE AUTHORITY | |
| DISCHARGE REASON | |
| BOARD DECISION | GRANT PARTIAL |
| REVIEW AUTHORITY | |
| ISSUES 1. 157 | 107.0111/cib |
| 2. 112 | 107.0066/WWII VM |
| 3. 109 | 107.0063/ACM |
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