PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:

	BOARD DATE:  24 June 1999
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1998012877

	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. Lee Tinsley		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Gary C. Miller		Chairperson	
	Mr. Curtis L. Greenway		Member	
	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor		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 DD Form 4/1 (Enlistment/Reenlistment Document) reflect enlistment into the U.S. Army Reserve (USAR) and not into the Regular Army.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that his DD Form 4/1 should reflect the USAR and not the Regular Army.

4.  The microfiche copy of his Official Military Personnel Records shows that the applicant enlisted in the USAR on 29 September 1997 for a period of 8 years.  DA Form 3540-R (Certificate and Acknowledgement of US Army Reserve Service Requirements and Methods of Fulfillment), page 2, also indicates that the applicant enlisted in the USAR.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant’s DD Form 4/1 reflects that he enlisted in the Regular Army for a period of 8 years.

2.  After a review of the records along with his application, the Board is inclined to agree with the applicant that his DD Form 4/1 is in error and should be corrected to reflect that he enlisted in the USAR and not the Regular Army.

3.  In view of the foregoing, it would be appropriate to correct the applicant’s records, as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing on the individual concerned’s DD Form 4/1 that he enlisted in the USAR for 8 years on 29 September 1997.

BOARD VOTE:  

                                            GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

                                          GRANT FORMAL HEARING

                                          DENY APPLICATION

			                                 
			CHAIRPERSON

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