PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:        

	BOARD DATE:           18 August 1999
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1998013679

	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. Jessie B. Strickland		Analyst	

The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. Edward Williamson		Member	
	Ms. Sherri V. Ward		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 records be corrected to show that he enlisted in the Army Reserve instead of the active Army as indicated on his enlistment contract.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that he enlisted in the Army Reserve (USAR) for a period of 8 years on 23 December 1997.  However, his enlistment contract (DD Form 4/1) incorrectly indicates that he enlisted in the Army (Regular) for a period of 8 years. 

4.  The applicant’s military records show that the applicant enlisted in the Army Reserve for a period of 8 years.  His enlistment contract shows on the front page (DD Form 4/1) that he enlisted in the Regular Army for a period of 8 years.  However, the remaining documents/annexes in his contract indicates that he enlisted in the USAR.  Additionally, the Recruiting Command Reservation Sheet, clearly shows that he enlisted in the USAR for assignment to a specific USAR Troop Program Unit.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant clearly contracted for a 8-year enlistment in the USAR at the time he enlisted.

2.  However, through an administrative error, his enlistment contract incorrectly reflects that he enlisted in the Regular Army for a period of 8 years.

3.  Therefore, in the interest of justice, the applicant’s enlistment contract (DD Form 4/1, item 8, line 1) should be amended to show that he enlisted in the Army Reserve for a period of 8 years instead of the Regular Army as currently reflected on that document.

4.  RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by amending the enlistment contract (DD Form 4/1, item 8, line 1) of the individual concerned to show that he enlisted in the Army Reserve on 23 December 1997 for a period of 8 years instead of the Regular Army.
BOARD VOTE:  

___sw___  ___elw__  __rvo ___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr._
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1998013679	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	1999/08/18	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  222 	112.000/corr enl contract	
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