PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            7 October 1998                                    
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-10932

	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 DD Form 214 to show he did enlist and serve on active duty.  He also requests a copy of his Honorable Discharge Certificate be sent to him with his corrected DD Form 214.  

3.  The applicant states nobody can make sense of his DD Form 214 as it now reads.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army for 3 years on 8 March 1972 for an initial assignment to the Republic of Vietnam.  He completed basic combat training and advanced individual training and was awarded military occupational specialty (MOS) 76A (Supply Clerk).

5.  Upon arrival at the Overseas Replacement Station, Oakland, CA, the applicant was informed that there were no requirements for his MOS and grade in Vietnam.  On 8 September 1972, he therefore requested immediate separation from the service due to an unfulfilled enlistment commitment.

6.  On 27 September 1972, the applicant’s request was approved.  On 6 October 1972, he was honorably released from active duty and transferred to the U. S. Army Reserve to complete his obligation, in pay grade E-2, after completing       6 months and 29 days of creditable active service with no lost time.  He was discharged from the U. S. Army Reserve on 7 March 1978.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Block 10c of the applicant’s DD Form 214 is correct.  He was not inducted.  Block 28 is correct.  There is no evidence to show he had a VA claim number at the time of his separation.

2.  Block 17a is incorrect.  He had enlisted on his first enlistment.  Block 17b is incorrect.  He enlisted for 3 years.  Block 17c is incorrect.  He entered on            8 March 1972.

3.  In view of the foregoing, it would be proper to correct the applicant’s records as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records pertaining to the applicant be corrected to show he enlisted on his first enlistment for 3 years on 8 March 1972.

     2.  That the applicant be reissued an Honorable Discharge Certificate dated   7 March 1978.
3.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied 

BOARD VOTE:  

________  ________  ________  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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