PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           13 January 1999                                      
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1998013490

	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. Robert J. McGowan		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Thomas N. Kuhn 		Chairperson	
	Mr. Walter T. Morrison 		Member	
	Ms. Margaret V. Thompson 		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 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge From Active Duty, dated 25 October 1996, be corrected to reflect his complete military occupation specialty (MOS), the award of the Army Achievement Medal (AAM), the award of the Expert Infantryman Badge (EIB), and the award of the Sharpshooter Marksmanship Qualification Badge.

3.  The applicant states that his MOS should read “11B10C2” because he was a Dragon missile gunner.  He provides a Certificate of Training on the Dragon.  He also provides a citation for the AAM and EIB, and an old DD Form 214, dated 6 December 1991, which proves he was a sharpshooter with the M-16 rifle.

4.  The applicant’s military record show that he served 3 years in the Regular Army and was honorably discharged on 25 October 1996.  His DD Form 214 shows his MOS as 11B10.  It shows that he received the Marksman Marksmanship Qualification Badge with Rifle Bar.  It does not indicate the award of the AAM or EIB.

5.  Army Regulation 635-5 prescribes the policies and procedures for completing DD Form 214.  The regulation states, in pertinent part, that additional skill identifiers may be added to MOS’s in Block 11.  Further, all awards and decorations received throughout a soldier’s military service must be listed in Block 13; however, only the most recent marksmanship qualification badge will be listed.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant completed the Dragon Qualification Course and was awarded the additional skill identifier of C2 (Dragon gunner).  He was also awarded an AAM for meritorious service from 3 October 1993 to 2 October 1996 and an EIB on 31 January 1995.

2.  The applicant was awarded a Sharpshooter Marksmanship Qualification Badge during a 90-day period of active duty for training in 1991.  However, the record indicates that he only qualified as a Marksman when he came on active duty from 1993 to 1996.  His DD Form 214 appropriately reflects that award.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by issuing to the individual concerned a DD Form 215, Correction of DD Form 214, indicating his primary specialty as “11B10C2” in Block 11, and the award of the Army Achievement Medal  and Expert Infantryman Badge in Block 13.

2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied 

BOARD VOTE:  

___TNK _  ___WTM_  __MVT__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1998013490	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990113	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(NC, GRANT , DENY, GRANT PLUS)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.0500	
2.	107.0025	
3.	107.0109	
4.		
5.		
6.