PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           11 March 1999                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-12061
                                              AR1999015315

	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. William Blakely .		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Celia L. Adolphi		Chairperson	
	Mr. Van B. Cunningham		Member	
	Mr. Curtis L. Greenway		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 the total active service and days lost be corrected on his DD Form 214 (separation document).

3.  The applicant states that the 254 days lost time shown in item 21 should be 154 days and the 7 months and 18 days of total active service shown in item 18a should be 2 years, 7 months, and 18 days.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he entered the Army on 17 March 1972 for a period of 3 years.  On 9 April 1975 the applicant was discharged from the Army under other than honorable conditions under the provisions of 
Army Regulation 635-200, chapter 10 for the good of the service in lieu of trial by court-martial.  He had completed 2 years, 7 months, and 18 days of total active service and had 154 days of lost time due to AWOL and confinement.

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 shows he completed 7 months and 18 days of total active service.  Item 21 shows 254 days of lost time while item 27 shows 154 days lost time broken down for different periods. 

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The total active service of 7 months and 18 days and the 254 days of lost time listed on the applicant’s DD Form 214 are incorrect.

2.  The file indicates the applicant had 154 days of lost time due to AWOL and confinement.  Therefore, his separation date of 9 April 1975 minus his lost time should have credited the applicant with 2 years, 7 months, and 23 days of total active service.

3.  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, particularly items 18(a) and 18(c) of the DD Form 214 of the individual concerned be corrected by showing his total active service as 2 years, 7 months, and 23 days, and item 21 be corrected by showing 154 days of lost time.

BOARD VOTE:  

____X____  ____X____  ____X____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AC98-12061/1999015315	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990311	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	 GRANT 	
REVIEW AUTHORITY	100	
ISSUES         1.		
2.		
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