| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Mr. Jessie B. Strickland | Analyst |
| Mr. Fred N. Eichorn | Chairperson | |
| Mr. Walter T. Morrison | Member | |
| Mr. Christopher J. Prosser | Member |
2. The applicant requests that his report of separation (DD Form 214) be corrected by showing that he was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB), one or two awards of the Air Medal (AM), the Presidential Unit Citation (PUC), the Meritorious Unit Commendation (MUC) and the Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Honor Medal, First Class (RVNCAHM-FC) Unit Citation.
3. The applicant states that as an infantryman in Vietnam, he earned the CIB and had enough air time for one or two awards of the AM. He further states that the 25th Infantry Division earned the PUC and the 2nd Battalion (Bn), 12th Infantry Regiment (Regt) earned the MUC. In addition he is entitled to be awarded the RVNCAHM-FC Unit Citation.
4. The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted on 6 January 1969. He was promoted to the pay grade of E-6 on 31 October 1969 and was transferred to Vietnam on 30 November 1969, for duty as an infantryman. He was assigned to Company C, 2d Bn, 12th Infantry Regt, 25th Infantry Division. He departed Vietnam on 8 November 1970 and was transferred to Oakland Army Base, California, where he was honorably released from active duty (REFRAD) as an early overseas returnee. He was transferred to the United States Army Reserve (USAR) Control Group (Annual Training). He had served 1 year, 10 months and 3 days of total active service and his DD Form 214 shows that he was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the Bronze Star Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation.
5. He continued to serve in the USAR until 9 December 1972, when he enlisted in the Georgia Army National Guard (GAARNG). He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the GAARNG on 29 March 1973 and continued in that status until 23 September 1975, when he was transferred to the USAR Control group (Reinforcement). On 13 August 1982, he was transferred to the USAR Control Group (Ready) and continued to serve in that capacity until he was transferred to the Retired Reserve in the rank of major, on 26 August 1996.
6. A review of the available records fails to show that he was awarded the CIB on orders or that he was ever recommended for, or awarded the AM.
7. Army Regulation 600-8-22 establishes the criteria for award of the CIB. It states, in pertinent part, that to be eligible for the CIB, an individual must be an infantryman with an infantry military occupational specialty (MOS) and must perform duty as an infantryman, as a member of an infantry unit of brigade or smaller size, during any period in which that unit was engaged in ground combat. Battle participation credit alone is not sufficient.
8. Army Pamphlet 672-3 (Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register-Vietnam Era) was published to assist commanders and personnel officers in determining or establishing the eligibility of individual members for campaign participation credit, assault landing credit, and unit citation badges awarded during the Vietnam Conflict.
9. Table 1 (Army Units in Numerical Order) of the pamphlet indicates that Department of the Army General Order (DAGO) 51, published in 1971, authorized the RVNCAHM-FC Unit Citation for the 2nd Bn, 12th Infantry Regt, for service in Vietnam during the period of 1 October 1966 to 31 October 1969.
10. The pamphlet also shows that the applicant’s unit, the 2nd Bn, 12th Infantry Regt, earned the PUC for action in Vietnam on 21 March 1966. Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 25th Infantry Division earned the MUC for the period of January to June 1969. In order to have the PUC and MUC entered on an individual’s military personnel records, the individual must have served with the unit at the time the unit earned the awards.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. The applicant has failed to show that he was ever awarded the CIB and the AM or that he was recommended for those awards and they were not processed to completion. Accordingly, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, there appears to be no basis to award them at this time.
2. However, there is sufficient evidence to show that his unit was awarded the RVNCAHM-FC Unit Citation subsequent to his departure from Vietnam. Accordingly, it would be in the interest of justice to award it to him at this time.
3. The applicant’s contention that his units were awarded the PUC and MUC is correct. However, the applicant was not assigned to those units during the period in which they earned those awards. Therefore, he is not entitled to have those awards entered on his records or awarded to him.
4. In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.
RECOMMENDATION:
1. That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by awarding the individual concerned the RVNCAHM-FC Unit Citation.
2. That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied.
BOARD VOTE:
__fe ____ ___cjp __ __wtm___ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
_____Fred N. Eichorn_____
CHAIRPERSON
| CASE ID | AR2002066854 |
| SUFFIX | |
| RECON | YYYYMMDD |
| DATE BOARDED | 2002/05/02 |
| TYPE OF DISCHARGE | |
| DATE OF DISCHARGE | |
| DISCHARGE AUTHORITY | |
| DISCHARGE REASON | |
| BOARD DECISION | GRANT PARTIAL |
| REVIEW AUTHORITY | |
| ISSUES 1. 141 | 107.0095/RVNCAHM |
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