PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            2 December 1999                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999020828

	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. W. E. Schnupp		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Sherri V. Ward		Chairperson	
	Mr. Van B. Cunningham		Member	
	Ms. Barbara J. Ellis		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 Expiration of Term of Service (ETS) date be corrected to 5 December 1997.

3.  The applicant states he has completed all required paperwork to adjust his ETS date from 16 November 1997 to 5 December 1997 but a new DD Form 214, Release or Discharge from Active Duty, was never issued to him.  In support of his request, he has provided a copy of a Memorandum for the Commander Reserve Component Personnel and Administrative Center (ARPERCEN) from the Commander Fort Bragg dated 3 December 1997 requesting correction of the applicant’s DD Form 214 be made showing his separation date this period (ETS) as 5 December 1997.  He has also provided correspondence from the DA Enlisted Separations Branch showing that his ETS was changed to 5 December 1997 because of an extension of his service.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted on 31 October 1990 reenlisted twice and was scheduled to ETS on 16 November 1997 when his enlistment was extended for a period of 19 days.  Instructions from the DA Enlisted Separations Branch indicate that the applicant’s ETS was to be adjusted from 16 November 1997 to 5 December 1997.  This change was not received by the Transition Center prior to his separation and the ETS date on his DD Form 214 was entered as 15 November 1997.

5.  On 3 December the Transition Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina requested that the ARPERCEN correct the applicant’s DD Form 214 to reflect the new ETS date of 5 December 1997.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The available records show that the applicant’s ETS was extended from        16 November 1997 to 5 December 1997 but for reasons unknown a correction to his DD Form 214 showing the change was never produced. 

2.  Based on the evidence it would be appropriate to correct the separation date (item 12b) of his DD Form 214 to 5 December 1997.

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: 

	a.  showing that the separation date (item 12b) of his DD Form 214 was    5 December 1997;
	b.  correcting the other record of service entries in item 12 of the DD Form 214, as appropriate, to reflect the additional active duty service he completed as a result of this change to his separation date; and

	c.  paying to him any pay and allowances that may be due as a result of this adjustment to his separation date.

BOARD VOTE:  

_svw____  _vbc____  __bje____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___Sherri V. Ward______
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999020828	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19991202	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT PLUS)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  110.01		
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