| 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 |
APPLICANT REQUESTS: That her late husband’s, the former service member (FSM), military records be corrected to include an unspecified award of a “campaign star (battle star)”.
APPLICANT STATES: In effect, that the omission of this award from her late husband’s discharge document has cost her her position and employment standing within the United States Postal Service.
EVIDENCE OF RECORD: The FSM’s military records show:
The FSM entered active duty 6 May 1975 and remained on active duty until he was placed on the Temporary Disability Retired List 29 November 1994. He was shown to have served on active duty for 19 years, 6 months and 24 days. The FSM passed away 27 May 1995.
His records list his overseas assignments as Germany from 22 September 1975 through 26 September 1977, Korea from 20 January 1981 through 15 January 1982 and Germany from 14 June 1983 through 12 June 1987. His awards and decorations are shown as the Army Achievement Medal with 1 bronze oak leaf cluster; the Good Conduct Medal with one sliver loop; the National Defense Service Medal; the Non Commissioned Officers (NCO) Professional Development Ribbon with numeral 2; the Army Service Ribbon; the Overseas Service Ribbon with numeral 3 and the Expert Qualification Badge with Rifle Bar.
The applicant submitted a copy of a Promotion Point Worksheet (DA Form 3355), dated 23 February 1982 showing on page 3, item 5-27 a notation of award of 1 campaign star. It is noted that item 5-26 is the line entry for Expert Marksmanship Qualification Badge and that this line is blank.
Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) provides guidance, in pertinent part, for the award of the Service (Campaign) Medals for specific locations and/or actions.
Army Regulation 600-8-22 also authorizes a bronze service star, based on qualifying service, for each campaign listed in Appendix B of this regulation and states that authorized bronze service stars will be worn on the appropriate campaign or service medal.
The Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-3 (Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register) lists unit awards and campaigns for which a given unit participated in and the exact dates of those campaigns.
DISCUSSION: Considering all the evidence, allegations, and information presented by the applicant, together with the evidence of record, applicable law and regulations, and advisory opinion(s), it is concluded:
1. There is no evidence that the FSM ever served in a situation for which a service medal or a campaign star was issued.
2. In-as-much-as the FSM is not entitled to any campaign credit, the notation on the DA Form 3355 appears to be a line entry error. At that point he was entitled to the Expert Marksmanship Qualification Badge, which is the line entry directly above the apparently erroneous entry.
3. In order to justify correction of a military record the applicant must show to the satisfaction of the Board, or it must otherwise satisfactorily appear, that the record is in error or unjust. The applicant has failed to submit evidence that would satisfy this requirement.
4. In view of the foregoing, there is no basis for granting the applicant's request.
DETERMINATION: The applicant has failed to submit sufficient relevant evidence to demonstrate the existence of probable error or injustice.
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| DATE BOARDED | 20020319 |
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| BOARD DECISION | DENY |
| REVIEW AUTHORITY | |
| ISSUES 1. | 107.00 |
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