| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Ms. Nancy L. Amos | Analyst |
| Ms. Karol A. Kennedy | Chairperson | |
| Mr. Arthur A. Omartian | Member | |
| Mr. Raymond J. Wagner | Member |
2. The applicant requests, in effect, that he be awarded the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.
3. The applicant makes no additional statement.
4. The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 9 December 1966. He served with the 2d Infantry Division in Korea from May 1967 to around July 1968, when he departed for assignment to Vietnam. He was released from active duty on 8 December 1969.
5. Army Regulation 600-8-22 prescribes Army policy and criteria concerning individual military awards. It states that the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal is awarded for service in Korea between 1 October 1966 and 30 June 1974.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. The applicant met the eligibility criteria for award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.
2. In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the applicant’s DD Form 214 be amended to add the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.
BOARD VOTE:
__KAK__ __AOA__ __RJW__ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
___Karol A. Kennedy___
CHAIRPERSON
| CASE ID | AR2002067818 |
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| DATE BOARDED | 2002/07/02 |
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| DISCHARGE REASON | |
| BOARD DECISION | GRANT |
| REVIEW AUTHORITY | |
| ISSUES 1. | 107.0072 |
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