| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Ms. Deborah L. Brantley | Senior Analyst |
| Mr. Arthur A. Omartian | Chairperson | |
| Mr. Lester Echols | Member | |
| Mr. John T. Meixell | Member |
2. The applicant requests that his DD Form 214 (Report of Separation from the Armed Forces of the United States) be corrected to reflect award of the Purple Heart. He states he received the medal from St. Louis and submits a copy of the decoration, inscribed with name, in support of his request.
3. Information available to the Board indicates he served in Korea between January and April 1952. According to item 29 (wounds received as a result of action with enemy forces), on his DD Form 214, he sustained a shell fragment wound to his left nostril on 8 February 1952. A Korean Casualty File confirms he received medical treatment for the injury. There is, however, no information which confirms he was awarded the Purple Heart. He was discharged from active duty on 1 May 1952.
4. Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, that the Purple Heart is awarded for wounds sustained as a 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.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. There is sufficient evidence to conclude the applicant was wounded as a result of hostile action while in Korea and as such is entitled to an 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 by awarding the individual concerned the Purple Heart.
BOARD VOTE:
__AAO__ __LE____ __JTM __ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
___Arthur A. Omartian___
CHAIRPERSON
| CASE ID | AR2001061191 |
| SUFFIX | |
| RECON | YYYYMMDD |
| DATE BOARDED | 20011127 |
| TYPE OF DISCHARGE | (HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR) |
| DATE OF DISCHARGE | YYYYMMDD |
| DISCHARGE AUTHORITY | AR . . . . . |
| DISCHARGE REASON | |
| BOARD DECISION | GRANT |
| REVIEW AUTHORITY | |
| ISSUES 1. | 107.00 |
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