PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:                              
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC

	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	
	M .		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. 		Chairperson	
	Mr. 		Member	
	Mr. 		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, in effect, that items 12d (total prior active service) and 12e (total prior inactive service) on his 1991 DD Form 214 be corrected to reflect his inactive (USAR) service during the period 23 October 1983 to 
24 October 1989.  He states, in effect, that when he was released from active duty he did not have the records to document that period of USAR service.

3.  The applicant enlisted in the USAR for a period of 6 years on 28 October 1983.  (Note:  The applicant incorrectly indicated he entered the USAR on 
23 October 1983.)  In August 1985 he entered a senior Army ROTC program as part of his college curriculum and was transferred to the USAR Control Group effective 6 November 1985.  Upon completion of his studies he was commissioned as a second lieutenant and entered active duty on 13 October 1987.

4.  It appears when the applicant was commissioned as a USAR second lieutenant his status as a USAR enlisted soldier was not terminated.  As a result, on 24 October 1989 orders were issued by the Army Reserve Personnel Center in St. Louis discharging him from the USAR (enlisted status) effective 
27 October 1989, which was the conclusion of his 1983 6 year USAR enlistment contract.

5.  The applicant was voluntarily released from active duty on 30 September 1991.  His DD Form 214, issued at the time of his separation from active duty, did not reflect his previous inactive service.

6.  Army Regulation 635-5 establishes the standardized policy for preparing and distributing the DD Form 214.  In pertinent part, it directs that a DD Form 214 will reflect that information which is pertinent to the period of service being captured by the separation report.  Item 12d (total prior active service) will reflect the total amount of prior active military service less lost time, and item 12e (total prior inactive service will reflect the total amount of prior inactive service, less lost time.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence indicates the applicant’s USAR, or “inactive” status, commenced on 28 October 1983 when he enlisted in the USAR for a period of 
6 years.  His “inactive” status terminated upon his entry into an “active” status on 13 October 1987.  As such the total inactive service which should have been reflected in item 12e on his 1991 DD Form 214 was 3 years, 11 months, and 
15 days.

2.  There is no evidence of any prior active duty and as such item 12d would be zeroed out.

3.  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 be corrected:

	a.  by showing in item 12d on the applicant’s 1991 DD Form 214 that he had no previous active service; and

	b.  by showing in item 12e that he had 3 years, 11 months, and 15 days of prior inactive service.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

________  ________  ________  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON