PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            4 August 1999                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999017719

	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 David E. Weightman		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. 		Chairperson	
	Mr. 		Member	
	Mr. 		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 date of birth on his National Guard Bureau Form 22 (Honorable Discharge Certificate) be corrected to show 28 November 1942 instead of 20 November 1942.

3.  The applicant states his records need to be corrected for future use.  He submits a birth certificate is support of his application, showing his date of birth as 8 November 1942.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was discharged from the South Dakota National Guard on 16 February 1970, and that he was not available to sign his separation documents.  His birth date is shown as “20 Nov 42”.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant is entitled to correction of his date of birth on his National Guard Bureau Form 22 (Honorable Discharge Certificate) to show 28 November 1942 instead of 20 November 1942.

2.  The evidence of record shows his date of birth as 28 November 1942.

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 by showing the date of birth of the individual concerned as 28 November 1942.

BOARD VOTE:  

fkm________  gdp_ ____  jhk__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999017719	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	YYYYMMDD	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(NC, GRANT , DENY, GRANT PLUS)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.00	
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