PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:        

	BOARD DATE:             9 December 1999
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR1999020301

	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. Joseph A. Adriance		Analyst	

The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. JoAnn H. Langston		Chairperson	
	Mr. Thomas D. Howard, Jr.		Member	
	Mr. James P. Steuve		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 his unit of assignment be corrected on his discharge records.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that that his separation documents show that he served in the 258th Field Artillery Battalion when in fact he had served in the 387th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion.  He goes on to say that all his discharge papers have the wrong unit; however, he does provide as proof, a change of address card he completed on 21 March 1944.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted into the Army of the United States on 27 February 1943.  He served on active duty until 
23 December 1945 at which time he was discharged in the rank of corporal.

5.  The record contains a War Department Adjutant General Office (WD AGO) Form 53-55 (Enlisted Record and Report of Separation) which was issued to the applicant at discharge.  This form indicates that the applicant’s unit at the time of his separation was the 258th Field Artillery Battalion.  It also shows that the applicant participated in the following campaigns of World War II:  the Ardennes; Central Europe; Normandy; Northern France; and the Rhineland.  In addition, it indicates that he earned the American Service Medal, the Eastern Service Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.

6.  The applicant submits as evidence of his unit of assignment a WD AGO Form 204 (Notice of Change of Address).  This form is signed by the applicant and dated 21 March 1944.  It indicates that the applicant’s unit of assignment is 
B Battery of the 387th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion Automatic Weapons Battalion located at APO Number 9976.  

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The Board finds no reason to doubt the applicant’s contention that his unit of assignment was incorrect on his separation documents and determined that the change of address card submitted as evidence is sufficient to support a correction to the record.  Therefore, in the interest of fairness, the Board concludes that the unit of assignment contained on the applicant’s separation documents should be corrected at this time.  

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 the unit of assignment of the individual concerned at the time of his separation, on 23 December 1945, was Battery B, 387th Anti-Aircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion.

BOARD VOTE:  

__jhl____  __jps____  __tdh ___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___JoAnn H. Langston____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999020301	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	1999/12/09	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	1945/12/23	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 615-365	
DISCHARGE REASON	Demobilization	
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  189	110.0000	
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