PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            7 October 1998                                    
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-09988

	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:

	Mr. Samuel A. Crumpler		Chairperson	
	Mr. James E. Vick		Member	
	Mr. Luther L. Santiful		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 records to show his current name and his correct social security number (SSN) (one digit off from the number shown on Army documents).

3.  The applicant states he had a legal name change.  His new name and his correct SSN will be needed for future retirement purposes.  He provides a letter from the Social Security Administration to verify that he has had only one SSN since the date of first issuance in July 1959.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted into the Army on 10 September 1962, at a time when service numbers, rather than social security numbers, were used for identification.  There are a few documents in his records, to include at least two pay documents, that show his incorrect SSN.  

5.  He was released from active duty on 9 September 1964 and transferred to the U. S. Army Reserve Control Group Annual Training.  Annual Active Duty for Training orders dated 21 April 1965 show his incorrect SSN.

6.  On 26 November 1965, the applicant obtained a court-ordered name change.

7.  On 31 August 1968, the applicant was honorably discharged from the U. S. Army Reserve under his old name and his incorrect SSN.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant served in the active and reserve Army prior to the standard use of the social security number for identification.  He has never had a change of SSN.  The few documents in his records that show his SSN show an incorrect number.

2.  The applicant legally changed his name after his release from active duty but prior to his discharge from the U. S. Army Reserve.  A few documents from his period of service in the Reserve dated after his legal name change, to include his discharge certificate, show his old name.

3.  In view of the foregoing, 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:

     a.  correcting his social security number;

     b.  correcting his name on any documents dated after 26 November 1965; and

     c.  issuing the individual concerned an Honorable Discharge Certificate from the Army of the United States, dated 31 August 1968, showing his name as legally changed in lieu of the Honorable Discharge Certificate now held by him.

BOARD VOTE:  

________  ________  ________  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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