PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            14 October 1998   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-10671

	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. John N. Slone		Chairperson	
	Mr. Ernest M. Willcher		Member	
	Mr. Robert W. Garrett		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 report of separation (DD Form 214) be corrected to show his correct date of entry on active duty and his award of the grenade and rifle marksmanship badges.

3.  The applicant states that his DD Form 214 should be corrected to show that he entered active duty on 30 August 1984 because he entered active duty on the same date his pay grade became effective and that he should be awarded the grenade and rifle marksmanship badges.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that the applicant enlisted in the USAR on 30 August 1984 for a period of 8 years in the pay grade of E-1.  His enlistment contract indicated that he would return to the Military Entrance Processing Station at 0630 hours on 4 October 1984 for shipment to Fort Jackson, South Carolina to attend basic training.  Orders were also published on 30 August 1984 which ordered him to initial active duty for training on 4 October 1984.

5.  Accordingly, the applicant reported as directed and was transferred to Fort Jackson, where he remained in the reception station until he was transferred to a basic training company on 10 October 1984.

6.  The facts and circumstances surrounding the applicant’s discharge are not present in the available records.  However, medical documents contained in his records show that on 15 October 1984 he complained of chest pains and having trouble breathing.  He was sent to the troop medical clinic (TMC) where he told medical officials that he had a history of Asthma but failed to reveal this on his entrance records.  It was recommended that he be evaluated for the purpose of discharge due to a condition that existed prior to service (EPTS).  He was advised to return to the TMC when he had another attack.  The applicant returned to the TMC on at least two other occasions with the same symptoms.

7.  On 31 January 1985 he was honorably discharged from the service in entry level status under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-200, paragraph 5-11, due to failure to meet medical procurement standards based on a condition that was determined to have EPTS.

8.  The applicant’s records show that he was awarded the Sharpshooter Marksmanship Badge - M16.  However, there is no indication that he was awarded the Grenade Marksmanship Badge.

9.  His DD Form 214 shows that he entered active duty on 4 October 1984 and that his date of rank (DOR) as a private E-1 was 30 August 1984.  His DD Form 214 contained no awards.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant’s records clearly show that the applicant entered active duty on 4 October 1984, the date reflected on his DD Form 214.  Therefore, there is no basis to correct that portion of his records.

2.  However, although there is no evidence to show that he was awarded the Grenade Marksmanship Badge, his records do show that he was awarded the Sharpshooter Marksmanship Badge - M16.  

3.  Inasmuch as an administrative error resulted in the failure to enter the Sharpshooter Marksmanship Badge on his DD Form 214, it would be in the interest of justice to correct the error at this time.

4.  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 that the individual concerned was awarded the Sharpshooter Marksmanship Badge - M16.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

__EW___  __RWG _  __JS ___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON