PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           9 December 1998                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-12233

	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:

	Ms. June Hajjar		Chairperson	
	Mr. Fred N. Eichorn		Member	
	Mr. Thomas B. Redfern, III		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, in effect, correction of his DD Form 214 to show a different related civilian occupation and D.O.T. (Dictionary of Occupational Titles) number.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that he has no idea what a “Magazine Keeper” is.  He was an automatic weapons technician instructor.

4.  The applicant’s military records were lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center Fire of 1973.  The information herein was obtained from alternate sources.

5.	After having prior service, the applicant entered active duty on 1 September 1950 and was separated on 30 June 1952.  His DD Form 214 shows his specialty number as 1745 (Light Weapons Infantryman) and its related civilian occupation as Magazine Keeper with a D.O.T. number of 1-68-039.

6.	The 4th edition (1991) of the D.O.T. does not list a number of 1-68.039.  It lists several descriptions of a Magazine Keeper, the most closely-related-to-his-military-specialty descriptions basically describing a warehouseman in a munitions depot.  The handbook From Soldier to Civilian states that there is no civilian occupation related to the military specialty Infantryman.

7.  The 2d edition (1949) and the 3d edition (1965) of the D.O.T. do not list a number of 1-68-039.  They do list a number of 1-38.03 that relates to a supplyman or a warehouseman.  “Magazine Keeper” is described as above.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The descriptions of a “Magazine Keeper” in the D.O.T. do not adequately relate to the duties of a Light Weapons Infantryman.

2.  The current handbook From Soldier to Civilian states there is no civilian occupation related to the military specialty Infantryman.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

That the DD Form 214 of the individual concerned be corrected by changing block 5, related civilian occupation and D.O.T. number, to read “None.”

BOARD VOTE:  

JH_____  FNE_____  TBR_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AC98-12233	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	19981209	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.00	
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6.