PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           18 February 1999                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-11619
   AR1998013046

	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	
	Mr. Vic Whitney		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Thomas N. Kuhn		Chairperson	
	Mr. John P. Infante		Member	
	Mr. James P. Steuve		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 in the armed forces) be corrected to show his date of enlistment as 30 September 1998.

3.  The applicant states that the date of 19 May 1998 shown in block 5 of the DD Form 4/1 is the date he enlisted not the date of enlistment.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that from 11 March to 19 May 1998 he executed the forms necessary for enlistment.  The other enlistment forms and his order to active duty show a reporting date of 30 September 1998.

5.  In an opinion to this Board from the Total Army Personnel Command (PERSCOM) it was noted that the enlistment date of 19 May 1998 on the DD Form 4/1 is incorrect and recommend correction of his records to show an enlistment date of 30 September 1998. The applicant was afforded the opportunity to comment on this favorable advisory opinion but declined to do so.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  There is sufficient evidence of record to show that the applicant’s actual date of enlistment was 30 September 1998 and he is entitled to the correction he requests.

2.  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 by showing that his date of enlistment was 30 September 1998.

BOARD VOTE:  

___TNK___  __JPI___  __JPS___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Thomas N. Kuhn
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AC98-11619/AR1998013046	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	19990218	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	112.05	
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