PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:           22 July 1999       
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999020857

	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. Wanda L. Waller		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Calvin M. Fowler		Chairperson	
	Mr. Thomas N. Kuhn		Member	
	Mr. Raymond J. Wagner		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 correction of his DD Form 214 (Report of Transfer or Discharge) to show completion of Military Police (MP) School.

3.  The applicant states that he completed MP training/school at Fort Gordon, Georgia in 1961.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted on 14 April 1961 for assignment in the military police field.  He successfully completed basic training and MP advanced individual training (AIT) at Fort Gordon, Georgia.  He was awarded military occupational specialty (MOS) 950.00 (military police) on 
1 September 1961, however, his MOS was changed to 111.00 (light weapons infantryman) on 5 October 1961.  The applicant was honorably discharged on
17 April 1964.        

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 does not show that he completed MP training/school.    

6.  Headquarters Provost Marshal General Center Special Orders Number 
115, dated 8 June 1961, shows the applicant was assigned to the Provost Marshal General School effective 30 June 1961.

7.  Headquarters Provost Marshal General Center Special Orders Number 
171, dated 28 August 1961, shows the applicant completed the Provost Marshal General School and was awarded the MOS 950.00 effective 1 September 1961.

8.  Army Regulation 635-5 establishes the policies and procedures for completion and distribution of the DD Form 214.  In pertinent part it states that item 
28 (Service Schools or Colleges, College Training Courses and/or Post-Graduate Courses Successfully Completed) will list formal in service training courses successfully completed during the period of service covered by title, length in weeks, and month and year completed.  This information is to assist the soldier after separation in job placement and counseling; therefore, training courses for combat skills are not listed.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant attended the Provost Marshal General School from 30 June 1961 to 28 August 1961.

2.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 prepared on 17 April 1964 does not properly reflect his attendance at the Provost Marshal General School.  Accordingly, it would be appropriate to correct his DD Form 214 to reflect this course.

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 in item 28 of the DD Form 214 that the individual concerned attended the Provost Marshal General School for a period of 8 weeks, in August 1961.

BOARD VOTE:  

CMF____  TNK_____  RJW____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Calvin M. Fowler______
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999020857	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	19990722	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19640417	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 635-200  	
DISCHARGE REASON	ETS	
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.0700	
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