| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Mr. Vic Whitney | Analyst |
| Ms. Joann Langston | Chairperson | |
| Mr. Richard T. Dunbar | Member | |
| Mr. Raymond J. Wagner | Member |
2. The applicant requests that his records be corrected to show award of the Purple Heart.
3. The applicant states that his DD Form 214 (Report of Separation) shows that he was wounded in Korea. He was provided a Purple Heart Certificate and medal but his DD Form 214 does not show that he was awarded the Purple Heart.
4. The applicant’s military records were lost or destroyed in the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center. Documents from other sources show that he enlisted and entered active duty on 19 November 1948. His foreign service included Japan and Korea. He was separated from active duty effective 19 August 1952.
5. The Purple Heart is not listed as an authorized award. Block 29 (Wounds) of his DD Form 214 shows the entry “Shrapnel wound left shoulder Jul 50 Korea.” There are no other documents in the available record, or provided by the applicant, concerning the wound. The Department of Veterans Affairs does not have any information on file concerning his wound or military medical records showing treatment for a wound.
6. On 9 October 1992, the Army Reserve Personnel Center issued the applicant a Purple Heart Certificate and authorized issuance of the medal. No Purple Heart orders were ever published.
7. Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, that the Purple Heart is awarded for a wound 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. Notwithstanding the absence of additional documentation to support the shrapnel wound entry on his DD Form 214, it appears that the applicant is entitled to have his records corrected to show 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 for the individual concerned be corrected by:
a. issuing orders awarding the applicant the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in July 1950 in Korea; and
b. correcting his DD Form 214 to show the award of the Purple Heart.
BOARD VOTE:
__jl___ ___rd___ __rw___ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
____Joann Langston__
CHAIRPERSON
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| DATE BOARDED | 20020226 |
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| BOARD DECISION | GRANT |
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