PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            28 October 1998
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-10554

	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. W. E. Schnupp .		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. JoAnn H. Langston		Chairperson	
	Mr. Curtis W. Barbee, Jr.		Member	
	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor		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 term of enlistment of 2 years shown on DD Form 4/3 (Discharge from Delayed Entry/Enlistment Program) be corrected to show 2 years and 16 weeks.

3.  The applicant states that, in effect, the 2 year term of enlistment shown in item 20a of DD Form 4/3 is a typographical error and is not in agreement with the length of his enlistment in the Regular Army shown in item 8 of DD Form 4/1 (Enlistment/Reenlistment Document). 

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the USAR Delayed Entry Program on 25 March 1998 as shown on DD Form 4/1 for a period of 8 years.  He enlisted in the Regular Army on 13 August 1998 for a period of 2 years and 16 weeks, however, line 20a of DD Form 4/3 reflects an incorrect term of service of 2 years.  

5.  In an opinion to this Board the US Total Army Personnel Command (PERSCOM) recommends that the applicant’s term of enlistment be changed to read 2 years and 16 weeks instead of 2 years.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The annexes to the applicant’s enlistment contract and the opinion of the PERSCOM support the fact that the 2 year term of enlistment is in error.  He actually enlisted for 2 years and 16 weeks on 13 August 1998.

2.  Accordingly, item 20a of his DD Form 4/3 should be changed to reflect a term of service of 2 years and 16 weeks.

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 be corrected by showing that the individual concerned was enlisted in the Regular Army for a term of 2 years and 16 weeks on 13 August 1998.

BOARD VOTE:  

JHL_____  CWB____  RVO____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		JoAnn H. Langston_____
		        CHAIRPERSON