| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Mr. Paul A. Petty | Analyst |
| Mr. James E. Vick | Chairperson | |
| Mr. William D. Barr | Member | |
| Ms. Barbara J. Ellis | Member |
2. The applicant requests, in effect, that he be awarded the Purple Heart.
3. The applicant states, in effect, that he was wounded during World War II but his discharge document does not list a Purple Heart.
4. The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted on 21 October 1942. He rose to the rank of Technical Sergeant. He was assigned to
Company B, 56th Armored Infantry Battalion, 12th Armored Division, while it was engaged in combat in France. He was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) on 11 December 1944 while assigned to this unit.
5. His enlisted record shows that he received a penetrating wound in the shoulder blades on 16 January 1945 in France. The Office of The Surgeon General Hospital Admission Card data base corroborates this information and adds that the wound was a battle casualty and that an operation was performed to remove fragments, potentially from an artillery shell.
6. The applicant received a battlefield commission to Second Lieutenant on or about 20 February 1945. He was discharge as a First Lieutenant on 20 March 1946.
7. According to AR 600-8-22, Military Awards, award of the Purple Heart is made to soldiers wounded, injured, or killed from an outside force or agent as a result of an action against an enemy or an act of any such enemy. The wound for which the award is made must have required treatment by medical personnel and records of medical treatment for wounds or injuries received in action must have been made a matter of official record.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. The applicant was wounded in battle and entitled to award of the Purple Heart.
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 for the individual concerned by showing that he was awarded the Purple Heart and providing him with the medal.
BOARD VOTE:
__jv___ __wb____ ___be____ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
______James E. Vick___
CHAIRPERSON
| CASE ID | AR2001058048 |
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| DATE BOARDED | 20010821 |
| TYPE OF DISCHARGE | |
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| DISCHARGE AUTHORITY | |
| DISCHARGE REASON | |
| BOARD DECISION | GRANT |
| REVIEW AUTHORITY | |
| ISSUES 1. | 107.0015 – Purple Heart |
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The Board considered the following evidence: The evidence of record shows the applicant was wounded in action on 11 January 1945; therefore, he met the eligibility criteria for award of the Purple Heart. That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing the applicant was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 11 January 1945 and the Bronze Star Medal.
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