PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            4 February 1999
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-11375

	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. Edmund P. Mercanti.		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. JoAnn H. Langston 		Chairperson	
	Mr. Arthur A. Omartian		Member	
	Mr. Van B. Cunningham		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, Item 28, “Narrative reason for separation”, be corrected from reading “For length of service” to “Physical Disability.”

3.  The applicant states that he was retired for physical disability.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he reenlisted in the Regular Army on 6 August 1980 with 6 years and 1 day of prior active service.  He served as a cannon crewman and was promoted to pay grade E-6.

5.  On 23 February 1984 he was honorably discharged due to physical disability, rated 50 percent disabled, and placed on the Permanent Disability Retired List the following day.

6.  The DD Form 214 he was issued, Item 28, “Narrative reason for separation”, has “For length of service” entered.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  It is obvious that an error was made in the preparation of the applicant’s DD Form 214, that he was discharged for physical disability, not length of service.

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 the applicant was discharged by reason of physical disability, permanent, in Item 28, Narrative Reason for Separation, on the DD Form 214 he was issued for the period of service ending on 23 February 1984.

BOARD VOTE:  

_JHL____  _AAO___  _VBC___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		JoAnn H. Langston
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AC9811375/AR1998003581	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	19990204	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19840223	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	110.02	
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