PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            30 September 1998                                     
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-08365

	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	
	Mrs. Nancy Amos .		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Irene N. Wheelwright		Chairperson	
	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		Member	
	Mr. James M. Alward		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 his military pay records to show his length of service as 39 years, 6 months and 15 days vice 34 years, 8 months and 14 days as they currently show.

3.  The applicant states his military pay records are incorrect.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Army National Guard on 28 February 1949 and was transferred to the Retired Reserve on      15 March 1990, in pay grade E-8, after completing over 39 years of total service for pay.

5.  In the processing of this case, an advisory opinion was obtained from the Army Reserve Personnel Command, Transition and Separations Branch.  That office stated that while the applicant’s claim is correct, expending resources to make this insignificant change seems less than worthwhile since his pay capped out at 26 years of service.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant’s claim of 39 years, 6 months and 15 days of service for pay is correct and his records as they currently stand are incorrect.

2.  In view of the foregoing and notwithstanding the advisory opinion, it would be proper to correct the applicant’s records as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing the applicant completed 39 years, 6 months and 15 days of total service for pay.

BOARD VOTE:  

________  ________  ________  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON