PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            03 December 1998	                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-08263

	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. David H. Keller		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. John N. Slone		Chairperson	
	Mr. Edward Williamson		Member	
	Mr. Roger W. Able		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 Honorable Discharge Certificate from the Reserve be corrected to show his rank as captain.  He states that he was discharged as a captain but his WD AGO Form 55 shows first lieutenant.  In support of his request, he includes copies of his separation documents.

3.  The applicant’s military records were lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973.  Information herein was obtained from reconstructed personnel records.

4.   The applicant entered active duty on 9 September 1941.  He served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater from April 1942 to April 1945 and participated in two campaigns.  He attained the rank of captain prior to discharge.

5.  The applicant was released from active duty on 7 February 1946.  His WD AGO Form 55 (Report of Separation) and Form 100 (Separation Qualification Record) both show his grade as captain.

6.  The applicant’s Honorable Discharge Certificate dated 1 April 1953, which he encloses with his application, shows his rank as first lieutenant.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant attained the rank of captain during his service in World War II and was separated in that grade on 7 February 1946.

2.  An administrative error was made in the preparation of his Honorable Discharge Certificate effective 1 April 1953 showing his rank as first lieutenant.

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 be corrected by showing that the individual concerned was honorably discharged from the Army of the United States on 1 April 1953 in the rank of captain.

BOARD VOTE:  

________  ________  ________  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AC	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	YYYYMMDD	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR .  .  .  .  .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(NC, GRANT , DENY, GRANT PLUS)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.		
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.