| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Ms. Deborah L. Brantley | Senior Analyst |
| Mr. Fred N. Eichorn | Chairperson | |
| Mr. Lester Echols | Member | |
| Mr. Thomas Lanyi | Member |
2. The applicant requests, in effect, that her 2001 DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) be corrected to reflect award of the Legion of Merit and to delete her third award of the Meritorious Service Medal. In support of her request, she submits a copy of orders awarding her the Legion of Merit and revoking an earlier award of the Meritorious Service Medal.
3. Records available to the Board indicate that the applicant served on continuous active duty between May 1975 and May 2001.
4. Prior to her May 2001 retirement from active duty, the applicant was awarded a Meritorious Service Medal for the period 1 May 1991 to 1 May 2001. Orders confirming the award were published in October 2000. In September 2001 the applicant was awarded the Legion of Merit and the October 2000 orders awarding the applicant her third Meritorious Service Medal were revoked. The order is already reflected in her OMPF (Official Military Personnel File).
5. The applicant’s May 2001 DD Form 214 reflects award of three Meritorious Service Medal, which includes the October 2000 award. Her Legion of Merit is not reflected on the separation document.
6. Army Regulation 600-8-22 states, to ensure that a deserving act, achievement, or service receives recognition, the appropriate authority may promptly award a suitable lesser military decoration pending final action on a recommendation for a higher award. When a higher award is approved, the approving authority will revoke the interim award in the same orders published for the higher award.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. The evidence confirms that the applicant was awarded her third Meritorious Service Medal as an interim award pending action on a Legion of Merit recommendation. The Legion of Merit was ultimately approved and the Meritorious Service Medal was appropriately revoked. Her records should be corrected accordingly.
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 showing on her 2001 DD Form 214 that the individual concerned was awarded a Legion of Merit and two awards of the Meritorious Service Medal.
BOARD VOTE:
__FNE_ _ ___LE_ _ __TL ___ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
____Fred N. Eichorn_____
CHAIRPERSON
| CASE ID | AR2001066237 |
| SUFFIX | |
| RECON | YYYYMMDD |
| DATE BOARDED | 20020328 |
| 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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