PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:        

	BOARD DATE:            30 December 1998
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-09615
                                              AR1998013453

	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. George D. Paxson		Chairperson	
	Ms. Sherri V. Ward		Member	
	Mr. Van B. Cunningham		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, in two separate applications, that his report of separation (DD Form 214) be corrected to show that he served as a supply clerk with the 612th Transportation Company and that his service number be corrected on the Certificate of Training (DA Form 87) he received from attending advanced individual training (AIT).

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that his DD Form 214 does not show that he served as a supply clerk with the 612th Transportation Company and the Certificate of Training that he received upon completion of AIT contains the wrong serial number.  He further states that instead of serial number                US 26 686 418, it should read US 52 686 418.  He also states that he was unaware of the error until his mother died and he discovered the document with the error.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted on 1 August 1966 and was issued serial number US 52 686 418.  He successfully completed his basic training and was transferred to Fort Eustis, Virginia for AIT as a seaman.  He was assigned to the 612th Transportation Company (Heavy Boat) and successfully completed his training on 19 November 1966.  The Certificate of Training issued to him at the time shows his serial number as US 26 686 418.

5.  Upon completion of his training he was transferred to Vietnam where he served as a seaman with the 1097th Transportation Company until he was transferred to Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) on 9 November 1967 for treatment of Encephalitis.

6.  He was released from WRAMC on or about 18 January 1968 and was transferred to Fort Eustis for duty as a harborcraft boatswain until he was honorably released from active duty on 31 July 1968, on the expiration of his term of service (ETS).  At the time of his separation he was assigned to the 73rd Transportation Company (Medium Boat) which was reflected on his DD Form 214 at the time of separation. 

7.  Army Regulation 635-5 serves as the authority for the preparation of the DD Form 214.  The regulation in effect at the time provided that only the last unit of assignment and major command would be entered on the DD Form 214.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The Certificate of Training (DA Form 87) issued to the applicant on 19 November 1966 clearly has a mistake in that it contains an incorrect service number.  Accordingly, it would appropriate to correct the error at this time.

2.  Although there is evidence to show that the applicant served with the 612th Transportation Company, there is no evidence to show that he served as a supply clerk with that unit.  Nevertheless, there are no provisions under the applicable regulations to list assignments other than the last unit in which the individual being separated served.   Therefore, there is no error and there is no basis to grant that portion of the applicant’s request.   

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

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing on the DA Form 58 pertaining to the individual concerned the correct serial number of US 52 686 418 instead of serial number                 US 26 686 418 as currently reflected on that document.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

___gp___  ___vbc__  ___sw___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__George D. Paxson        __
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AC98-09615	
SUFFIX		
RECON	 	
DATE BOARDED	1998/12/30	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE	 	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	 	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT PARTIAL	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  100.00		
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6.