| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |||
| Ms. P.A. Castle | Analyst |
| Ms. Margaret K. Patterson | Chairperson | |||
| Mr. Elzey J. Arledge, Jr. | Member | |||
| Mr. Richard T. Dunbar | Member |
2. The applicant requests, in effect, that his general discharge be upgraded to honorable. He states he was a decorated combat veteran and should not have been punished for a minor infraction. He states the infraction was due to an extended leave after returning from Korea.
3. The applicant's military records were lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973. Information herein was obtained from reconstructed records.
4. The applicant enlisted and entered active duty on 2 June 1949, and while assigned to Korea he received a Combat Infantryman Badge, a Purple Heart, and the Korean Service Medal with 5 bronze service stars. He was separated at the expiration of his term of service (ETS) with a general discharge under honorable conditions on 30 September 1952. He had served 3 years, 2 months, and 29 days of total active service and had 30 days lost time.
RECOMMENDATION
: That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by voiding the 30 September 1952, general discharge, by providing the individual concerned with a new DD Form 214 showing separation with an honorable discharge due to ETS on the same date and by furnishing the individual concerned with an Honorable Discharge Certificate.
| CASE ID | AR2001061141 | |
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| DATE BOARDED | 2002/04/11 | |
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| BOARD DECISION | GRANT | |
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