RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS


      IN THE CASE OF:


      BOARD DATE:        24 August 2006
      DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20060011121


      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.

|     |Mr. Carl W. S. Chun               |     |Director             |
|     |Mrs. Victoria A. Donaldson        |     |Analyst              |


      The following members, a quorum, were present:

|     |Ms. Jeanette R. McCants           |     |Chairperson          |
|     |Mr. Scott W. Faught               |     |Member               |
|     |Mr. Rowland C. Heflin             |     |Member               |

      The Board considered the following evidence:

      Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records.

      Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including advisory opinion,
if any).

THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE:

1.  The applicant requests reconsideration of his previous request for
award of the Purple Heart.

2.  The applicant states that he was wounded while he was serving in the
Republic of Vietnam.

3.  The applicant provides a letter of support and one page from his
military medical records in support of this application.

CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE:

1.  Incorporated herein by reference are military records which were
summarized in the previous consideration of the applicant's case by the
Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) in Docket Number AR
2004100503, on 20 July 2004.

2.  The letter of support is considered new evidence and therefore, will be
reviewed by the Board.

3.  The applicant contends that a truck that he was in struck a landmine
and as a result, sustained shrapnel wounds to his left arm and above his
right arm.

4.  There are no medical records in the applicant's official military
personnel file that show he sustained wounds as a result of hostile action
or that show he was treated for wounds sustained as a result of hostile
action.

5.  There are no general orders in the applicant's records to show he was
awarded the Purple Heart.

6.  The applicant's name does not appear on the Vietnam Casualty Roster.

7.  The applicant provided a one-page Chronological Record of Treatment
from his military medical service records.  The Record of Treatment shows
that the applicant was treated on 15 May 1967 for "sores not healing."
There is no indication that these wounds were sustained as a result of
enemy action.




8.  The applicant provided a letter of support from an individual that was
assigned to the same unit as the applicant during his service in the
Republic of Vietnam.  The author stated that he remembers that the
applicant was in a truck that struck a landmine and that he was hurt and
burned.  The author contends that he cannot remember the exact date of the
incident.

9.  Army Regulation 672-5-1 (Military Awards) provides, in pertinent part,
that the Purple Heart is awarded for a wound sustained as a result of
hostile action.  Substantiating evidence must be provided to verify that
the wound was the result of hostile action, the wound must have been
treated by a medical officer, and the medical treatment must have been made
a matter of official records.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant contends that he is entitled to award of the Purple Heart
for wounds received during his service in the Republic of Vietnam.

2.  There are no general orders that show the applicant was awarded the
Purple Heart.  There is no evidence in his service personnel records which
shows that he was wounded or injured as a result of hostile action or
treated for such wounds.  The applicant's name is not listed on the Vietnam
Casualty Roster.

3.  In the absence of evidence that the applicant was wounded or injured as
a result of hostile action and treated for those wounds, there is
insufficient evidence upon which to base award of the Purple Heart in this
case.

BOARD VOTE:

________  ________  ________  GRANT FULL RELIEF

________  ________  ________  GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

_JRM___  _RCH___  _SWF___    DENY APPLICATION







BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:

The evidence presented does not demonstrate the existence of a probable
error or injustice.  Therefore, the Board determined that the overall
merits of this case are insufficient as a basis to amend the decision of
the ABCMR set forth in Docket Number AR2004100503, dated 20 July 2004.




                                      _Jeanette R. McCants___
                                            CHAIRPERSON



                                    INDEX

|CASE ID                 |AR                                      |
|SUFFIX                  |                                        |
|RECON                   |YYYYMMDD                                |
|DATE BOARDED            |YYYYMMDD                                |
|TYPE OF DISCHARGE       |(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)    |
|DATE OF DISCHARGE       |YYYYMMDD                                |
|DISCHARGE AUTHORITY     |AR . . . . .                            |
|DISCHARGE REASON        |                                        |
|BOARD DECISION          |(NC, GRANT , DENY, GRANT PLUS)          |
|REVIEW AUTHORITY        |                                        |
|ISSUES         1.       |                                        |
|2.                      |                                        |
|3.                      |                                        |
|4.                      |                                        |
|5.                      |                                        |
|6.                      |                                        |


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