PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           14 January 1999                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-06286
                                              AR1999014690

	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. Juanita I. Williams		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor		Chairperson	
	Ms. Shirley L. Powell		Member	
	Ms. Kathleen A. Newman		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 correction of item 17c (date of entry) on his final separation document (DD Form 214) to show he entered that period of service on 10 June 1968 vice 10 June 1971, as currently reflected.   

3.  The applicant’s military records show that he initially entered military service through induction on 5 June 1968.  On 10 June 1968 he was honorably discharged for the purpose of immediate enlistment in the Regular Army.  For this 6-day period of service he was issued a DD Form 214 showing he was discharged on 10 June 1968.  Orders were also published on 11 June 1968 showing he was discharged on 10 June 1968 and enlisted for 3 years on 
11 June 1968. 

4.  Following his enlistment in the Regular Army, the applicant completed a tour of duty in Vietnam, attained pay grade E-5, and was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Bronze Star Medal.  On 9 June 1971, he was honorably released from active duty and transferred to the USAR.  He was subsequently honorably discharged from the USAR on 1 June 1974 by reason of expiration term of service.   

5.  The DD Form 214 prepared upon his final separation from active duty shows he entered active duty on 10 June 1971 and was released from active duty on 
9 June 1971.  Special Orders Number 127, dated 10 May 1971, published by Headquarters, United States Army Aviation Center and Fort Rucker, Fort Rucker, Alabama, show he was released from active duty effective 9 June 1971. 

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The preponderance of the evidence shows the applicant was released from his final period of active duty on 9 June 1971, which is the date reflected in item 11d of his final DD Form 214.  

2.  It is very clear then that item 17c (date of entry) on his final DD Form 214 is in error in reflecting that he entered that period of service on 10 June 1971.  

3.  The applicant has asked that his entry date be changed to 10 June 1968.  However, since he was discharged from his period of induction on 10 June 1968 for the purpose of immediate enlistment in the Regular Army, the date in item 17c should be changed on 11 June 1968, the day after he was discharged from his period of induction and enlisted in the Regular Army. 

4.  Changing the applicant’s entry date to 11 June 1968 vice 10 June 1968 will necessitate changing item 22a(1) “net service this pereiod”, item 22a(3) “total” and item 22b “total active service” by the subtraction of 1 day, respectively.  

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

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case, particularly the final DD Form 214 of the individual concerned, which currently reflects that he entered active duty on 10 June 1971 and was honorably released from active duty on 9 June 1971 be corrected to show:

a.  that he entered active duty on 11 June 1968; and   

b.	that item 22a(1) be corrected to show 2 years, 11 months, and 29 days “net service this period,” item 22a(3) be corrected to show 3 years, 0 months and 5 days “total” and item 22b be corrected to show 3 years, 0 months and 5 days . “total active service.”  

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

BOARD VOTE:

___X___  ___X___  ___X___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

______  ______  ______  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

______  ______  ______  DENY APPLICATION

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                                                                                CHAIRPERSON

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