PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:   

	BOARD DATE:        10 December 1998     
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-07278
		                         AR1998012067

	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. Loren G. Harrell		Director	
	Ms. Deborah L. Brantley		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Joann H. Langston		Chairperson	
	Mr. James M. Alward		Member	
	Mr. Stanley Kelley		Member	

	The applicant and counsel if any, did not appear before the Board.

	The Board considered the following evidence:

	Exhibit A - Application for correction of military 
                records
	Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including
	            advisory opinion, if any)

FINDINGS:

1.  The applicant has exhausted or the Board has waived the requirement for exhaustion of all administrative remedies afforded by existing law or regulations.

2.  The applicant requests that his military records be corrected to reflect that he was advanced to pay grade E-2 effective 3 July 1997.  He notes he referred another individual to an Army recruiter and that individual enlisted in the Army thereby qualifying him for an early advancement to E-2.

3.  Records available to the Board indicate the applicant entered active duty on 
3 July 1997 after nearly two months in the delayed entry program.  On 19 June 1997, prior to the applicant’s entry on active, he referred another individual to his local recruiter and that individual enlisted in the delayed entry program effective 
3 July 1997.

4.  Army Regulation 601-210, which establishes the policies and procedures for enlisting individuals in the Army, states that individuals who refer a high school diploma graduate, or high school senior who has a test score (AFQT) of 50 or higher and who enlists into the Delayed Entry Program, Regular Army or Army Reserve prior to the applicant’s entry into the Regular Army will be advance to pay grade E-2 upon his entry on active duty.

5.  In the processing of this application, an advisory opinion was obtained from the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for personnel who confirmed the applicant met the requirements for early advancement to E-2 under the Army’s referral program and recommended his application be approved.

6.  The applicant was advanced to pay grade E-2 effective 3 January 1998 under the Army’s regular promotion policy.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record confirms the applicant met the requirements for early advancement to pay grade E-2 effective 3 July 1997 under the Army’s referral program outlined in Army Regulation 601-210. 

2.  The applicant is also entitled to appropriate back pay and allowances associated with the retroactive promotion.

3.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected:

a.  by showing that the individual concerned was advanced to pay grade E-2 effective 3 July 1997; and

	b.  by granting appropriate back pay and allowances associated with the retroactive promotion.

BOARD VOTE:  

__jhl___  ___jma__  __sk______  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

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DATE BOARDED	YYYYMMDD	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD)	
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DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(NC, GRANT , DENY, GRANT PLUS)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
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