PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:   

	BOARD DATE:           17 February 1999                 
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC90-07973A
				   AR1999015291

	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. Gerald E. Vandenberg		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Charles H. Lounderman		Chairperson	
	Mr. Fred N. Eichorn		Member	
	Mr. John Saputp		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 a reconsideration of his previous application to correct his records by showing the organization at the time of his discharge was the 222nd Field Artillery Battalion (FA BN) not the 101st Signal Battalion.

3.  The applicant states he was with the 101st Signal Battalion only for the purpose of transportation from overseas to the out-processing site and that he actually served only with the 222nd FA BN.

4.  The applicant's military records were lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973.  Information herein was obtained from reconstructed personnel records.

5.  The applicant served on active duty form 8 February 1943 to 20 December 1945.  His record show that he held military specialties of cannoneer and radio operator/artillery spotter. 

6.  While the applicant has not submitted evidence that was not previously of record, it is noted that, in concert with previous applications on another issue, he has submitted a copy of the 101st Signal Battalion roster which does not list him as a member, a copy of the 222nd FA BN roster which does list his name and notarized documents from two fellow soldiers attesting to the fact that the applicant did serve with them in the 222nd FA BN.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  While the applicant has not submitted any truly new evidence, the cumulative evidence does support that the applicant was assigned to the 222nd for his entire period of service from basic training until his departure from Korea during the demobilization.

2.  While the applicant may have been temporarily assigned to the 101st for administrative purposes it is equitable to correct his records to reflect his unit of actual service.

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 the individual concerned be corrected by changing the unit designation in block 6 of his WD AGO Form 53-55 Enlisted Record and Report of Separation to read 222nd Field Artillery Battalion.

BOARD VOTE:  

__CHL___  ___FNE_ ___JP__   GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_Charles H. Lounderman
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AC90-07973A
AR1999015291	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990217 	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	 	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	 	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.00/1021	
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