| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Mr. Kenneth H. Aucock | Analyst |
| Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr. | Chairperson | |
| Mr. Roger W. Able | Member | |
| Mr. John T. Meixell | Member |
2. The applicant requests award of the Bronze Star Medal.
3. The applicant states that he was informed that the award of the Combat Medical Badge, which he has, entitles him to award of the Bronze Star Medal.
4. The applicant's military records were lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973. The only information available are a copy of the applicant’s WD AGO Form 53-55 (Enlisted Record and Report of Separation – Honorable Discharge), and a copy of his Honorable Discharge Certificate.
5. The applicant was inducted into the Army on 22 January 1943, served in the European Theater of Operations from March to June 1945 and served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations in September and October 1945. The applicant served with the Medical Detachment, 341st Infantry Regiment, and was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one bronze service star, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the American Theater Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Combat Medical Badge. He was discharged on 6 December 1945.
6. The Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register shows that the 341st Infantry Regiment was awarded the Army of Occupation Medal with Germany clasp for the period 2-30 May 1945.
7. Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides for award of the Bronze Star Medal to each member of the Armed Forces of the United States who, after 6 December 1941 has been cited in orders or awarded a certificate for exemplary conduct in ground combat against an armed enemy between 7 December 1941 and 2 September 1945. The award of a Combat Medical Badge is considered as a citation in orders.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. The applicant is entitled to award of the Bronze Star Medal by virtue of his award of the Combat Medical Badge.
2. It is more than likely that the applicant served with the 341st Infantry Regiment while in the European Theater of Operations. The benefit of doubt should be in favor of the applicant. Consequently, he is entitled to award of the Army of Occupation Medal with Germany clasp.
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 by showing that the individual concerned was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Army of Occupation Medal with Germany clasp.
BOARD VOTE:
__RVO__ __RWA__ __JTM __ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.
CHAIRPERSON
| CASE ID | AR2002069867 |
| SUFFIX | |
| RECON | YYYYMMDD |
| DATE BOARDED | 20020620 |
| 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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