PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      .

	BOARD DATE:            17 March 1999                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1998012906

	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. Ed Clark .		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Ted S. Kanamine		Chairperson	
	Mr. Orville W. Troesch, Jr.		Member	
	Mr. James P. Steuve		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 3 September 1998 enlistment documents be corrected to show that he was enlisted for a period of 4, vice 8, years.

3.  On 24 July 1998 the applicant was enlisted in the Army Reserve for a period of 8 years for further enlistment in the Delayed Entry Program (DEP).  
DA Form 3286-63, Statement for Enlistment, United States Army Training Enlistment Program, paragraph g, signed by the applicant and his counselor on 
3 September 1998, shows "My term of enlistment in the Regular Army is 4 years 
00 weeks."  However, DD Form 4/3, Discharge from the Delayed Entry/Enlistment Program, Item F, paragraph 20a, shows that he was discharged from the DEP on 3 September 1998 and "enlisted in the Regular Component of the United States Army for a period of 8 years and 00 weeks."

4.  Army Regulation 601-210, Regular Army and Army Reserve Enlistment Program, paragraph 8-6, Correction of Term of Enlistment, provides that an error discovered in an individual's enlistment documents after he or she has been assigned to a reception battalion will be referred to this Board for correction.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Individuals are normally enlisted in the Regular Army for a period of 3, 4 or 
6 years.  Accordingly, the entry in DD Form 4/3, Item F, paragraph 
20a, showing that the applicant was enlisted for a period of 8 years clearly represents administrative error.

2.  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 amending DD Form 4/3, Item F, paragraph 20a, pertaining to the individual concerned, to show that he was enlisted in the Regular Component of the United States Army on 3 September 1998 for a period of 4 years. 

BOARD VOTE:  

TSK_____  OWT___  JPS ____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1998012906/AC98-11623	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	1999 March 17	
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.	130	
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