| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Mr. Jessie B. Strickland | Analyst |
| Mr. Walter T. Morrison | Chairperson | |
| Mr. Curtis L. Greenway | Member | |
| Ms. Regan K. Smith | Member |
2. The applicant requests that he be awarded and issued the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB).
3. The applicant states that he was not awarded the CIB for his service in Southwest Asia (SWA) during the Gulf War and desires it to be done at this time.
4. The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted on 4 August 1988 for a period of 4 years, training in the infantry career management field and assignment to Europe. He successfully completed his training and was transferred to Germany for duty as an infantryman on 18 November 1988. He was advanced to the pay grade of E-4 on 4 October 1990.
5. On 1 December 1990, he deployed with his unit to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Storm/Shield. He served there until 7 February 1991 in a temporary duty status (TDY) until he was returned to his unit in Germany.
6. On 15 April 1991, he departed Germany for an assignment to Fort Polk, Louisiana, as a fighting vehicle infantryman. He remained at Fort Polk until he was honorably released from active duty on 30 November 1991, under the Fiscal Year 1992 Early Transition Program.
7. A review of the applicant’s records fails to show any indication that the applicant engaged the enemy while in SWA during the 2 months he was there.
8. 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.
9. That regulation also provides, in pertinent part, that the Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KLM-SA) is authorized to military personnel who participated in the Persian Gulf War between 17 January 1991 and 28 February 1991. The Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Government of Kuwait (KLM-K) is authorized to military personnel who participated in the Persian Gulf War between 2 August 1990 and 31 August 1993.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. The applicant’s contentions have been noted by the Board; however, the evidence of record fails to show that during his assignment he performed the duties of an infantryman while engaged in ground combat against the enemy. Therefore, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, it must be presumed that in accordance with the applicable regulations governing award of the CIB, he is not entitled to be awarded that badge.
2. The Board also notes that the applicant continued to serve for approximately 9 months after departing SWA and if he believed that he was authorized an award of the CIB, he could have more easily obtained the orders from his previous command or corroboration from his previous chain of command, if in fact he was authorized the award. However, he has failed to show through the evidence submitted with his application or the evidence of record that such was the case.
3. However, subsequent to the applicant’s departure from Saudi Arabia, the KLM-SA and the KLM-K were authorized and the applicant was entitled to receive those awards. Accordingly, it would be in the interest of justice to do so at this time.
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 KLM-SA and the KLM-K.
2. That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied.
BOARD VOTE:
__wtm___ __rks ___ ___clg __ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
____Walter T. Morrison____
CHAIRPERSON
| CASE ID | AR2002067893 |
| SUFFIX | |
| RECON | YYYYMMDD |
| DATE BOARDED | 2002/06/06 |
| TYPE OF DISCHARGE | |
| DATE OF DISCHARGE | |
| DISCHARGE AUTHORITY | |
| DISCHARGE REASON | |
| BOARD DECISION | GRANT PARTIAL |
| REVIEW AUTHORITY | |
| ISSUES 1. 146 | 107.0100/KLM-SA/KLM-K |
| 2. 157 | 107.0111/CIB |
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