PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           24 February 1999                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR199801398

	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. Robert J. McGowan		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Calvin M. Fowler 		Chairperson	
	Mr. Mark D. Manning 		Member	
	Ms. Barbara J. Ellis 		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 Block 12 b, Separation Date This Period, on his DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, be changed to reflect a date of 16 August 1987 instead of the current 17 August 1987. 

3.  The applicant states that he left active duty to enlist in the US Army Reserve (USAR) and the ROTC training program.  His in-service recruiter made his enlistment date the same date as his separation date.  Per Army Regulation 601-280, Army Reenlistment Program, immediate reenlistment will occur the day following the day of ETS (expiration term of service).

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he served in the Regular Army as a sergeant (E-5) from 13 July 1982 to 17 August 1987 when he was honorably discharged with 5 years, 1 month, and 5 days of creditable active Federal service in order to enlist in the USAR Control Group (ROTC).  His enlistment paperwork, DD Form 4/1 (Enlistment/Reenlistment Document) established his reenlistment date as 17 August 1987, the same date as his separation (ETS) date.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant served on active duty from 13 July 1982 through 17 August 1987.  Therefore, he could not have enlisted in the USAR Control Group (ROTC) on 17 August 1987.

2.  The applicant’s in-service recruiter erred in enlisting the applicant in the USAR on 17 August 1987; he should have enlisted him on 18 August 1987.

3.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected, but only as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing that the applicant enlisted in the USAR Control Group (ROTC) on 18 August 1987, not 17 August 1987 as is currently indicated.

2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied 

BOARD VOTE:  

       CMF         MDM          BJE     GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		        Calvin M. Fowler         
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1998013989	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	19990224	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT PLUS	
REVIEW AUTHORITY	DASA	
ISSUES         1.	100.0000	
2.	112.0500	
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.