| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Mr. Hubert S. Shaw, Jr. | Analyst |
| Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr. | Chairperson | |
| Mr. Elzey J. Arledge, Jr. | Member | |
| Ms. Regan K. Smith | Member |
2. The applicant requests award of the Purple Heart.
3. The applicant states that he was wounded in Vietnam and was awarded the Purple Heart while hospitalized in Japan. He states further that the Purple Heart was never added to his DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge).
4. The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted on 8 December 1965 and completed training as an infantryman. He served in Vietnam from 28 September 1966 until he was wounded in Vietnam and medically evacuated to Japan in February 1967. The applicant was honorably separated from active on 3 October 1967 by reason of physical disability.
5. The applicant’s DD Form 214 does not show the Purple Heart as an authorized award.
6. There are no orders in the applicant’s records for award of the Purple Heart. Medical records show that the applicant sustained fragmentation wounds to his lower body on 21 January 1967 in Vietnam when an enemy booby trap was detonated. The applicant’s DA Form 20 (Enlisted Qualification Record) also shows in item 40 (Wounds) the entry, “FW: both legs 21 Jan67” [fragmentation wounds: both legs 21 January 1967].
7. Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-3 (Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register) shows the applicant is entitled to award of the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation based on Department of the Army General Orders Number 48, dated 1971.
8. Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-3 also shows the applicant is entitled to award of the Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Honor Medal First Class Unit Citation based on Department of the Army General Orders Number 9, dated 1970.
9. Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) 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, and the medical treatment must have been made a matter of official record.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. Medical records show the applicant was wounded as a result of hostile action. Therefore, he is entitled to award of the Purple Heart and correction of his records to show that award.
2. Orders show that the applicant is entitled to award of the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation and the Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Honor Medal First Class Unit Citation. Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show these foreign unit awards.
3. 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:
a. by awarding the individual concerned the Purple Heart for wounds sustained in Vietnam on 21 January 1967; and
b. by showing that he was awarded the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation and the Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Honor Medal First Class Unit Citation.
BOARD VOTE:
__RVO__ __RKS__ __EJA___ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.
CHAIRPERSON
| CASE ID | AR2001065918 |
| SUFFIX | |
| RECON | YYYYMMDD |
| DATE BOARDED | 20020131 |
| TYPE OF DISCHARGE | (HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR) |
| DATE OF DISCHARGE | YYYYMMDD |
| DISCHARGE AUTHORITY | AR . . . . . |
| DISCHARGE REASON | |
| BOARD DECISION | GRANT PLUS |
| REVIEW AUTHORITY | MR SCHNEIDER |
| ISSUES 1. | 107.0000.0000 |
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