| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Ms. Deborah L. Brantley | Senior Analyst |
| Mr. Mark D. Manning | Chairperson | |
| Mr. Lester Echols | Member | |
| Ms. Karen Y. Fletcher | Member |
2. The applicant requests award of the Bronze Star Medal based on his award of the Combat Medical Badge.
3. The applicant's 1946 separation document confirms he was awarded the Combat Medal Badge during World War II.
4. Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, that the Bronze Star Medal is awarded for heroism and for meritorious achievement or service in military operations against an armed enemy. The Bronze Star Medal is authorized for each individual who was cited in orders or awarded a certificate for exemplary conduct in ground combat between 7 December 1941 and
2 September 1945 or whose such achievement or service, during that period, was confirmed by documents executed prior to 1 July 1947. An award of the Combat Infantryman Badge or the Combat Medical Badge is considered to be a citation in orders. This means, in effect, that the Bronze Star Medal is to be awarded to individuals who were authorized either badge for service during World War II. Award of the Bronze Star Medal based on award of the Combat Medical or Combat Infantryman Badge is commonly referred to as a conversion award.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. The evidence confirms the applicant was awarded the Combat Medical Badge during World War II and as such is entitled to the Bronze Star Medal as a conversion award. His 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 awarding the individual concerned the Bronze Star Medal.
BOARD VOTE:
__MDM__ __LE ___ __KYF __ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
____Mark D. Manning____
CHAIRPERSON
| CASE ID | AR2002070419 |
| SUFFIX | |
| RECON | YYYYMMDD |
| DATE BOARDED | 20020523 |
| 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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The applicant requests that his records be corrected to reflect award of the Combat Infantryman Badge, Bronze Star Medal, and Prisoner of War (POW) Medal. Records available to the Board indicate the applicant served on active duty between October 1941 and August 1945. Although the applicant did not request that his records be corrected to reflect that he was promoted to rank of Private First Class, the Board concludes that under the circumstance it would be appropriate and in the interest...
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I certify that hereinafter is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual. The applicant requests that his records be corrected to reflect award of the Combat Infantryman Badge and Bronze Star Medal. He states, in effect, that his separation document does not reflect entitlement to either decoration, in spite of his service as an infantryman.