AF | BCMR | CY2002 | BC-2002-03474
The following is the only known information pertaining to the applicant's service and was extracted from the partially reconstructed record and from documents provided by the applicant. After a thorough review of his submission and the supporting documentation he provided, to include a letter from a former POW detailing the events that transpired during their captivity, this statement does not persuade us that he should be awarded the Purple Heart Medal. However, should the applicant...
NAVY | BCNR | CY2007 | 01354-07
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF NAVAL RECORDS2 NAVY ANNEXWASHINGTON DC 2O37O-5100JREDocket No. Documentary material considered by the Board consisted of your application, together with all material submitted in support thereof, your naval record and applicable statutes, regulations and policies.After careful and conscientious consideration of the entire record, the Board found that the evidence submitted was insufficient to establish the existence of probable material error...
NAVY | BCNR | CY2008 | 07975-08
A three-member panel of the Board for Correction of Naval Records, sitting in executive session, considered your application on 12 February 2009. Documentary material considered by the Board consisted of your application, together with all material submitted in support thereof, your naval record and applicable statutes, regulations and policies. Consequently, when applying for a correction of an official naval record, the burden is on the applicant to demonstrate the existence of probable...
AF | BCMR | CY2004 | BC-2003-04015
After thoroughly reviewing the evidence of record and noting the statement from the former POW, the majority of the Board is not persuaded the applicant was wounded as a direct result of enemy action. The applicant is a former Army Air Corps B-17, Flying Fortress, navigator who seeks award of the Purple Heart (PH) for wounds received during a bombing mission over Berlin, Germany, on 20 February 1944. The majority of the panel finds insufficient evidence to demonstrate that he was injured...
NAVY | BCNR | CY2009 | 08086-09
- R three-member panel of the Board for Correction of Naval Records, sitting in executive session, considered your application on 4 June 2010. The statements of your former commanding officer and a former member of your platoon were carefully considered, but found insufficient to establish that you were knocked unconscious and sustained damage to your ears and hearing as @ result of a mortar blast, as neither was an eyewitness to your alleged wounding. Consequently, when applying for a...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2007 | 20070004214
The counsel argues that the applicant's previous case referred to the three-year statute of limitation for correction of his records. While the applicant's records only indicate treatment for malnutrition surely the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) does not award 100 percent disability without overwhelming evidence to support the claim. Incorporated herein by reference are military records which were summarized in the previous consideration of the applicant's case by the Army Board for...
AF | BCMR | CY2004 | BC-2003-03192
He was awarded the Purple Heart (PH) on 8 April 1945, for wounds received in the ETO on 24 March 1945. The AFPC/DPPPR evaluation is at Exhibit D. _________________________________________________________________ APPLICANT’S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION: A complete copy of the Air Force evaluation was forwarded to the applicant on 19 March 2004 for review and response. The applicant was awarded the PH on 8 April 1945, for wounds he received during a forced aircraft bail out on 24 March 1945.
NAVY | BCNR | CY2001 | 04947-01
In its review of your application, the Board conducted a careful search of your records for any evidence that would show that you received treatment for injuries suffered as the result of your ship hitting a mine. be eligible for the Purple Heart Medal, an individual must have been wounded or received injuries as a result of action against an enemy of the United States. Consequently, when applying for a correction of an official naval record, the burden is on the applicant to demonstrate...
AF | BCMR | CY2010 | BC-2010-03388
On 10 February 1996, Section 621, Award of Purple Heart to Persons Wounded While Held as Prisoners of War Before 25 April 1962, of Public Law 104-106, authorized the Secretaries concerned, for purposes of awarding the PH, to treat a former POW, who was wounded before April 25, 1962, while held as a POW (or while being taken captive) in the same manner as a former POW who is wounded on or after that date while held as a POW. In support of her request to correct her late brother’s records to...
NAVY | BCNR | CY2002 | 04368-02
Documentary material considered by the Board consisted of your application, together with all material submitted in support thereof, your naval record and applicable statutes, regulations and policies. Further, there is no indication that anyone aboard BETELGEUSE was wounded or injured during the incident of 6 or 7 April 1945. The foregoing is very significant since it tends to show that you were not injured or wounded as you contend or, even if you were, the injury was so minor that it...