PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:                25 February 1999
	DOCKET NUMBER:       AC98-10774
                                                  AR1998013614

	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. Beverly A. Young		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. James M. Alward		Chairperson	
	Ms. Jennifer L. Prater		Member	
	Mr. Samuel Calderon		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 all his DD Forms 214 (Report of Transfer or Discharge) to show his date of birth as “26 September 1934”.

3.  The applicant states that his date of birth was never corrected even after he furnished a certified copy of his birth certificate.  In support of his application, the applicant submits a copy of a Delayed Certificate of Birth which shows his date of birth as “26 September 1934”.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he initially enlisted in the Army National Guard in August 1950 and completed training as a rifleman.  On 7 April 1954, he enlisted in the Regular Army, completed several assignments overseas and in the United States, and was retired from active duty in the grade of E-8 on 7 June 1972 by reason of physical disability.

5.  The applicant’s personnel records contain four DD Forms 214.  The DD Forms 214 with effective dates of 23 April 1954, 21 August 1963, and 21 August 1966 show his date of birth as “26 September 1932”.  However, his DD Form 214 with an effective date of 7 June 1972 correctly shows his date of birth as “26 September 1934”.  

6.  Army Regulation 635-5 establishes the standardized policy for preparing and distributing the DD Form 214.  In pertinent part, it directs that the date of birth will be entered in the appropriate item of the DD Form 214.  

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Evidence of record shows the applicant’s date of birth as “26 September 1934”; therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show this date.

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 the date of birth of the individual concerned was “26  September 

1934” on the DD Forms 214 with effective dates of 23 April 1954, 21 August 1963, and 21 August 1966.

BOARD VOTE:  

JMA____  JLP_____  SC______  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		James M. Alward___
		CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AC98-10774/AR1998013614	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990225 	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.00	
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