| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Mr. G. E. Vandenberg | Analyst |
| Ms. Shirley L. Powell | Chairperson | |
| Mr. Stanley Kelley | Member | |
| Mr. Elzey J. Arledge | Member |
2. The applicant requests that his records be corrected to show that he was awarded the Purple Heart.
3. The applicant states that he was wounded in combat and the commanding general pinned the medal on him and a few days later he was returned to duty.
4. The applicant's military records were lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973. Information herein was obtained from other sources. The applicant entered active duty on 28 February 1951 and was released from active duty on 27 November 1952 and served with Company F, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division in Korea.
5. The applicant’s Certificate of Discharge or Separation (DD Form 214) shows, at item 29 (Wounds received as a result of action with enemy forces), an injury to his back on 11 September 1951.
6. The applicant also submits a copy of the telegram to his parents indicating he was wounded in action and a 18 September 1951 letter from the Commanding General of the 2nd Infantry Division thanking him for his “courageous and soldierly actions in carrying our your duties as a result of which you were wounded. We truly hope your luck will be better and that this injury from which you are now recovering will be the last one you incur on the battlefield.”
7. Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, the Purple Heart is awarded to an individual who is wounded in action against an enemy of the United States, the armed force of a foreign country which is or has been engaged, while serving with a friendly foreign forces against an opposing force even though the U.S. is not engaged, as the result of any act of such enemy or opposing force or as a result an act of any hostile foreign force. 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. The Board concludes that the available evidence is sufficient to demonstrate that the applicant was wounded as a result of hostile action, that this wound required care by a medical officer and, but for the loss of his records, this treatment would have been of record.
2. In view of the foregoing findings and conclusions, correcting the applicant’s records as recommended below will correct these errors.
RECOMMENDATION:
That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected to show that the individual concerned is entitled to the Purple Heart for wounds sustained on 11 September 1951.
BOARD VOTE:
_ SLP __ __SK __ ___ EJA_ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
_ Shirley L. Powell_ _____
CHAIRPERSON
| CASE ID | AR2001062135 |
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| RECON | |
| DATE BOARDED | 20020319 |
| TYPE OF DISCHARGE | |
| DATE OF DISCHARGE | |
| DISCHARGE AUTHORITY | |
| DISCHARGE REASON | |
| BOARD DECISION | GRANT |
| REVIEW AUTHORITY | |
| ISSUES 1. | 107.0015 |
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