BOARD DATE: 21 July 2009
DOCKET NUMBER: AR20090004561
THE BOARD CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE:
1. Application for correction of military records (with supporting documents provided, if any).
2. Military Personnel Records and advisory opinions (if any).
THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE:
1. The applicant requests award of the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB).
2. The applicant states he served in the 4th Infantry Division in Vietnam.
3. The applicant provides a copy of his DD Form 214 (Report of Separation from Active Duty) in support of his application.
CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE:
1. Title 10, U.S. Code, section 1552(b), provides that applications for correction of military records must be filed within 3 years after discovery of the alleged error or injustice. This provision of law also allows the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) to excuse an applicants failure to timely file within the 3-year statute of limitations if the ABCMR determines it would be in the interest of justice to do so. While it appears the applicant did not file within the time frame provided in the statute of limitations, the ABCMR has elected to conduct a substantive review of this case and, only to the extent relief, if any, is granted, has determined it is in the interest of justice to excuse the applicants failure to timely file. In all other respects, there are insufficient bases to waive the statute of limitations for timely filing.
2. The applicant was inducted into the Army of the United States on 5 March 1969. At the completion of basic combat training and advanced individual
training, he was awarded military occupational specialty (MOS) 11B (light weapons infantryman).
3. He was assigned to Vietnam from 4 October 1969 to 7 October 1970 with Company C, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division as a rifleman in duty MOS 11B.
4. His DA Form 20 (Enlisted Qualification Record) does not list the CIB in item 41 (Awards and Decorations). There are no orders in the applicant's personnel records which show he was awarded the CIB.
5. The applicant was released from active duty on 7 October 1970. His DD Form 214 does not show entitlement to the CIB.
6. Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) provides, in pertinent part, that the CIB is awarded to infantry officers and to enlisted and warrant officer persons who have an infantry MOS. They must have served in active ground combat while assigned or attached to an infantry unit of brigade, regimental or smaller size. Additionally Appendix V of USARV 672-1 provides that during the Vietnam era the CIB was awarded only to enlisted individuals who held and served in MOS 11B, 11C, 11D, 11F, 11G, or 11H.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:
1. The applicant's contention that he served in the 4th Infantry Division in Vietnam is noted. However, there is insufficient evidence on which to grant award of the CIB in this case.
2. To support award of the CIB, the applicant is required to have been an infantryman satisfactorily performing infantry duties while assigned to an infantry unit during such time as the unit engaged in active ground combat, and he must have actively participated in such ground combat.
3. The available evidence shows the applicant served in an infantry MOS while assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division during his tour in Vietnam from 4 October 1969 to 7 October 1970. However, there is insufficient evidence to show the applicant actively participated in ground combat while serving with this unit. Therefore, he has not met all the requirements for award of the CIB.
BOARD VOTE:
________ ________ ________ GRANT FULL RELIEF
________ ________ ________ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
__x____ ____x___ ___x_____ 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 for correction of the records of the individual concerned.
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CHAIRPERSON
I certify that herein is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in this case.
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