| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Ms. Nancy L. Amos | Analyst |
| Ms. Irene N. Wheelwright | Chairperson | ||
| Ms. Kathleen A. Newman | Member | ||
| Mr. Richard T. Dunbar | Member |
2. The applicant requests award of the Army of Occupation Medal with Japan clasp.
3. The applicant states that he was in the 81st Signal Company, part of the 81st Infantry Division which was in Japan from September 1945 to January 1946.
4. The applicant’s military records were lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center fire in 1973. Information contained herein was obtained from alternate sources.
5. The applicant was inducted into the Army on 10 May 1943 and entered active service on 17 May 1943. He attended training at the Signal School. He arrived in the Pacific Theater of Operations on 1 July 1945 and departed on 30 January 1946. He separated on 20 February 1946. His Report of Separation, WD AGO Form 53-55, shows his organization as the 81st Signal Company as does his Honorable Discharge Certificate. His WD AGO Form 53-55 also shows his military occupational specialty as telephone and telegraph installer.
6. An undated letter from the National Personnel Records Center to the applicant informed him that the unit with which he served was not credited with occupation service during the period assigned.
7. Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-1 shows that the 81st Signal Company, 81st Infantry Division was awarded the Republic of the Philippines Presidential Unit Citation for two periods, one of which was 17 October 1944 through 4 July 1945. It was also given occupation credit for Japan for the period 25 October 1945 through 20 January 1946.
8. Technical Manual 12-235, which prescribed the policy and procedures for the preparation and distribution of separation documents during the period in question, stated that the last unit, or similar element to which the individual was assigned, rather than the element of which he was a part while moving to a separation activity, would be entered in item 6 (organization) of the WD AGO Form 53-55.
9. On 11 December 1980, the Reserve Component Personnel and Administration Center authorized issuance to the applicant of all the awards listed on his WD AGO Form 53-55 plus the Republic of the Philippines Presidential Unit Citation.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. According to item 6 of the applicant’s WD AGO Form 53-55, his last unit of assignment was the 81st Signal Company. Since he departed the Pacific Theater of Operations on 30 January 1946, and since Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-1 gives the 81st Signal Company occupation credit for the period 25 October 1945 through 20 January 1946, it is unlikely that the applicant was assigned to the unit after 20 January 1946 (which would have made it more the element of which he was a part while moving to a separation activity rather than his assigned unit). The Board believes that there is sufficient evidence to show the applicant met the eligibility criteria for award of the Army of Occupation Medal with Japan clasp.
2. The 81st Signal Company was also awarded the Republic of the Philippines Presidential Unit Citation.
3. In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the applicant’s WD AGO Form 53-55 be amended to add the Army of Occupation Medal with Japan clasp and the Republic of the Philippines Presidential Unit Citation.
BOARD VOTE:
__INW__ __KAN__ __RTD___ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
____Irene N. Wheelwright ___
CHAIRPERSON
| CASE ID | AR2002072212 |
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| DATE BOARDED | 2002/06/27 |
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| BOARD DECISION | GRANT |
| REVIEW AUTHORITY | |
| ISSUES 1. | 107.0067 |
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