2.  The applicant requests that some awards, schools, Specialist E-4 orders and record of assignments be added to his file.  He submits copies of documents supporting his claim.

3.  The applicant’s military records show he enlisted in the Regular Army on       1 March 1989.  He completed basic training and advanced individual training and was awarded military occupational specialty 13B (Cannon Crewmember).  He had continuous service until his discharge.

4.  The applicant was awarded three Army Achievement Medals.

5.  The highest grade held by the applicant was Specialist E-4; however, he was administratively reduced to Private First Class on 2 February 1994.

6.  The applicant was discharged on 14 March 1994 in pay grade E-3.  His      DD Form 214 shows he was awarded one Army Achievement Medal.

7.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, that in-service training courses will be entered on the DD Form 214.  The information is meant to assist the member after separation in job placement and counseling; any training completed that would not accomplish that purpose should not be entered.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was reduced to Private First Class, E-3 on 2 February 1994.  That is the correct grade shown on his DD Form 214.  Plus, only the most recent promotion/reduction order is filed in the Military Personnel Records Jacket (MPRJ).

2.  Course completion certificates for professional development type course are filed in the MPRJ.  Drivers Training and Comprehensive Academic Achievement Program are not 13B professional development-related courses.

3.  Certificates of achievement and letters of appreciation should be filed in the MPRJ but, as they are not considered awards or decorations, they are not entered on the DD Form 214.

4.  Reassignment orders are removed from the MPRJ upon the individual’s reassignment from that unit either by reason of assignment to another unit or separation from the service.

5.  Award orders and the accompanying certificates are filed in the MPRJ for members in grades E-5 and below.

6.  In view of the foregoing, it would be proper to correct the applicant’s records as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing in block 13 of the applicant’s DD Form 214 that he was awarded the Army Achievement Medal (2d Oak Leaf Cluster).

2.  That the Army Achievement Medal orders/certificates and the certificates of achievement/letter of appreciation be filed in the applicant’s MPRJ.

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

BOARD VOTE:

                       GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

                       GRANT FORMAL HEARING

                       DENY APPLICATION

                                                                         
    CHAIRPERSON