| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Ms. Deborah L. Brantley | Senior Analyst |
| Mr. John N. Slone | Chairperson | |
| Ms. Barbara J. Ellis | Member | |
| Mr. John E. Denning | Member |
2. The applicant requests award of the Purple Heart. He states that his DD Form 214 reflects that he sustained gunshot wounds to the right leg and hand, but he was never awarded the Purple Heart.
3. Information available to the Board indicates he entered active duty in September 1947 and served approximately 5 months overseas.
4. According to files maintained by the Office of The Surgeon General, commonly referred to as SGO files, the applicant was hospitalized between January and August 1951 as a result of gunshot wounds to his leg and hand. The files confirm the wound was the result of hostile action. On 24 September 1951 he was discharged. Item 29 (wounds received as a result of action with enemy forces) reflects the applicant's gunshot wounds.
5. 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. The evidence confirms the applicant was wounded as a result of hostile action in January 1951, while in Korea. He 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 for wounds sustained in January 1951 as a result of hostile action.
BOARD VOTE:
__JNS __ __BJE___ __JED __ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
__ _ __ __ __ DENY APPLICATION
____ John N. Slone___
CHAIRPERSON
| CASE ID | AR2001063698 |
| SUFFIX | |
| RECON | YYYYMMDD |
| DATE BOARDED | 20020214 |
| 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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