PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:           27 January 1999                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-10245
                                              AR1998014447

	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. Michael L. Engle		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. James E. Vick		Chairperson	
	Ms. Margaret K. Patterson		Member	
	Mr. John H. Kern		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 separation document (DD Form 214) be corrected to show his most significant duty assignment as Company B, 547th Engineer Battalion.

3.  The applicant states that his separation document incorrectly shows his most significant duty assignment as being the 574th Engineer Battalion.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted into the Army on 10 March 1954, completed his training as a heavy vehicle driver and served in the Federal Republic of Germany.

5.  Morning Reports for 18 March and 29 May 1955 show that the applicant was assigned to Company B, 547th Engineer Battalion.

6.  The staff of the Board found no evidence of there ever being a 574th Engineer Battalion in the Army.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  According to the morning reports the applicant was assigned to Company B, 547th Engineer Battalion.

2.  Since there is no evidence that there ever existed a 574th Engineer Battalion in the Army, the Board presumes that the applicant’s DD Form 214 was incorrectly prepared and shows the wrong unit of assignment.

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, particularly the DD Form 214 issued on 20 January 1956, of the individual concerned, be corrected by showing his most significant assignment as being Company B, 547th Engineer Battalion.

BOARD VOTE:  

____X___  ____X___  ____X__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AC98-10245	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990127	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	110.00	
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