PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            19 May 1999  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999016201

	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. Vic Whitney		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. John N. Slone		Chairperson	
	Mr. Robert G. Hinkle		Member	
	Mr. Roger W. Able		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 her DD Form 4/1 (enlistment in the armed forces) be corrected to show her date of enlistment in the Army Reserve as 30 January 1998.

3.  The applicant states that the date of 30 December 1997 shown in block 5 of the DD Form 4/1 is the date she signed the forms.  She was not separated from active duty until 29 January 1998.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that she served on active duty from 30 January 1995 until 29 January 1998 as reflected on her DD Form 214 (report of separation).  All of her enlistment documents for the Army Reserve show that they were signed on 30 December 1997, just prior to her separation from active duty.

5.  It is contrary to law and regulation for a soldier to serve in two military categories simultaneously.  This would preclude the applicant from serving on active duty and in the USAR on 30 December 1997 as reflected on the DD Form 4/1.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  There is sufficient evidence of record to show that the applicant’s actual date of enlistment in the Army Reserve was 30 January 1998 and she is entitled to the correction she requests.

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 showing that her date of enlistment in the Army Reserve was 30 January 1998.

BOARD VOTE:  

__jns___  ___rgh__  __rwa___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			John N. Slone
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999016201	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	19990519	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	112.05	
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