PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            5 August 1999                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999016643

	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. Paul A. Petty		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Mark D. Manning		Chairperson	
	Mr. Arthur A. Omartian		Member	
	Mr. Ernest W. Lutz, Jr.		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, that he be provided a Certification of Military Service for his enlistment period ending 7 July 1947.

3.  The applicant states that the date on his current Certification of Military Service is 21 June 1946 but that he reenlisted and was discharged on 7 July 1947.  He supplies a copy of the Certificate of Military Service in question.

4.  The applicant’s military records have not been found and are presumed to have been destroyed in the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri.  However, there are two final payroll work sheets available from finance records.  A 21 June 1946 final payment worksheet indicates that the applicant enlisted on 13 December 1945 and was honorably discharged 21 June 1946 to reenlist that day in the Regular Army.  A 7 July 1947 final payment worksheet shows that the applicant was honorably discharged as a Private First Class (PFC) on 7 July 1947 after return from overseas, Japan.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  That the Certificate of Military Service for the period 13 December 1945 to 
21 June 1946 is correct for that period and discharge on 21 June 1946.

2.  The applicant should be issued a second Certificate of Military Service for the period 21 June 1946 to 7 July 1947 with honorable discharge at the grade of PFC. 

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 this case be corrected for the applicant by issuing a Certification of Military Service with official seal for the period 21 June 1946 to 7 July 1947 showing that he received an honorable discharge at the grade of Private First Class.

BOARD VOTE:  

__mdm__  __aao___  __ewl___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___Mark D. Manning____________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999016643	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990805	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.		
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