PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:           03 March 1999                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-12169
                                              AR1999020694

	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:

	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. Edward Williamson		Member	
	Mr. Gary C. Miller		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 military records be changed to show his correct social security number.  He also requests that his DD Form 214 (separation document) show that he was awarded the Army Achievement Medal and all medals and awards that he earned while serving in the Army.

3.  The applicant states that when he joined the Army, the recruiter used a copy of his paycheck stub from a fast food restaurant to verify his social security number.  He did not realize that his social security number was incorrect until just before his discharge from the Army. 

4.  He submits verification of his social security number from the Social Security Administration, Branch Office, Lynnwood, Washington 98306.

5.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Army on 29 April 1987 and was discharged on 23 May 1990 under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-200, chapter 14, for misconduct.  He received a general discharge.  His awards include the Army Service Ribbon and the Overseas Ribbon.  His enlistment documents confirm his contention that the social security number used when he entered the Army was verified by a pay stub.  His
DD Form 214 (separation document) reflects the same social security number as verified by his recruiter.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The social security number shown in the applicant’s military records was not verified at enlistment by documentation, such as a social security card, from the Social Security Administration.  Instead, as he contends, the recruiter used one of his pay stubs from a former employer.  

2.  The applicant has submitted documentation from the Social Security Administration that verifies his correct social security number.  Therefore, his records should be corrected, accordingly.   

3.  The file is absent of any evidence that the applicant was awarded the Army Achievement Medal.

4.  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 by changing the social security number of the individual concerned to the number verified by the Social Security Administration, Branch Office, Lynnwood, Washington, on the attached Form SSA-2458 (Report of Confidential Social Security Benefit Information), dated 8 October 1998.  

2.  That the Department issue to him the appropriate separation document(s) evidencing the above correction. 

3.  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

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AC98-12169/AR1999020694	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990303	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	 	
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	. . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION		
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	110	
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.