PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:   

	BOARD DATE:         20 January 1999                     
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC98-05383
				    AR1999016517

	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	
	Ms. Deborah L. Brantley		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. June Hajjar		Chairperson	
	Mr. Robert W. Garrett		Member	
	Ms. Deborah S. Jacobs		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 military records be corrected to reflect that his Social Security Account Number (SSAN) is vice .  In support of his request he submits documents verifying his correct SSAN.

3.  Records available to the Board indicate the applicant entered active duty on 
9 March 1966 and the records show that both SSANs were used on various documents in his Official Military Personnel File.  One document even reflects an SSAN of .

4.  On 8 March 1968 the applicant was released from active duty.  The SSAN recorded on his separation document is .  Statements from the Social Security Administration Office in Roswell, New Mexico, and the applicant’s congressional representative, indicate his correct SSAN is .  A copy of the applicant’s SSAN card, his state drivers license and his military ID card all reflect a SSAN of .

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows that the applicant’s correct SSAN is .  It is likely, because of the similarity in numbers, that typographical errors were made at various times during the applicant’s service resulting in an incorrect SSAN on his 1968 separation document.

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 the SSAN of the individual concerned is  vice .

BOARD VOTE:  

__jh____  __rwg___  ___dsj____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AC	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	YYYYMMDD	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(NC, GRANT , DENY, GRANT PLUS)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.		
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