PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            5 August 1999                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999020566

	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 that his DD Form 214 for the period 7 March 1951 to 
6 March 1953 be corrected to show his full name as on the DD Form 149.  He supplies a copy of his birth certificate showing his full name.

3.  The applicant’s military records show his middle name, used as his first name, and last name.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  That although the applicant gives no explanation as to why his military records show only his middle name and last name, it would be appropriate to issue a 
DD Form 215 correcting his DD Form 214 to show his full name as shown on his birth certificate.

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 for the individual concerned by issuing a DD Form 215 to correct his DD Form 214 to show his full name as shown on his birth certificate.

BOARD VOTE:  

__mdm__  _aao____  _ewl ____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___Mark D. Manning__________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999022566	
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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