BOARD DATE: 2 February 2010
DOCKET NUMBER: AR20090014002
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, in effect, award of the Korea Defense Service Medal (KDSM).
2. The applicant states that he should be eligible for decorations or a service medal for his 12 months of service in Korea. He contends that he served in Korea from 1962 until he was discharged in 1963. This was during the Cuban Crisis and they were ordered to be at the highest alert level of readiness during this period.
3. The applicant provides no documentary evidence 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 16 November 1961. He trained as a wheel vehicle mechanic and was released from active duty on 16 October 1963 and transferred to the U.S. Army Reserve Control Group (Annual Training) to complete his remaining service obligation.
3. The applicant's DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge) shows the Sharpshooter Marksmanship Qualification Badge with Rifle Bar (M-1) and the Marksman Marksmanship Qualification Badge with Rifle Bar (M-14) as authorized awards.
4. Item 29 (Foreign Service) of the applicant's DA Form 20 (Enlisted Qualification Record) shows he served in Korea from 1 September 1962 through 15 September 1963.
5. Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) states that the KDSM is authorized for award to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who have served on active duty in support of the defense of the Republic of Korea. The area of eligibility encompasses all land area of the Republic of Korea and the contiguous water out to 12 nautical miles and all air spaces above the land and water area. The period of eligibility is 28 July 1954 to a date to be determined by the Secretary of Defense. Service members must have been assigned, attached, or mobilized to units operating in the area of eligibility for 30 consecutive or for 60 nonconsecutive days or meet the following criteria: (1) be engaged in combat during an armed engagement, regardless of the time in the area of eligibility; (2) be wounded or injured in the line of duty and required medical evacuation from the area of eligibility, or (3) participate as a regularly assigned air crewmember flying sorties into, out of, or within the area of eligibility in direct support of military operations. Each day that one or more sorties are flown in accordance with these criteria will count as 1 day toward the 30 or
60-day requirement and personnel who serve in operations and exercises conducted in the area of eligibility are considered eligible for the award as long as the basic time criteria is met. Due to the extensive time period for KDSM eligibility, the nonconsecutive service period for eligibility remains cumulative throughout the entire period.
6. Army Regulation 600-8-22 states the National Defense Service Medal (NDSM) is awarded for honorable active service for any period between 27 July 1950 and 27 July 1954, 1 January 1961 and 14 August 1974, 2 August 1990 and 30 November 1995, and 11 September 2001 and a date to be determined. Second and subsequent awards of the NDSM are denoted by a bronze service star affixed to the NDSM.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:
The applicant served a period of qualifying service for award of the KDSM and the NDSM. Therefore, his DD Form 214 should be corrected to show these medals.
BOARD VOTE:
___x____ ___x_____ ___x__ GRANT FULL RELIEF
________ ________ ________ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:
The Board determined that the evidence presented was sufficient to warrant a recommendation for relief. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by adding the KDSM and the NDSM on his DD Form 214.
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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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