PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            15 June 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999024022

	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. Carl W. S. Chun
Mr. Robert J. McGowan		Director
Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Orville W. Troesch Jr.		Chairperson	
	Ms. Kathleen A. Newman 		Member	
	Ms. Margaret V. Thompson 		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 DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge From Active Duty, be corrected to show that he was an E-4 and that his character of service was honorable.  He also references numerous other entries on his DD Form 214, but makes no statement or request concerning them.

3.  The applicant makes no statement and provides no documentation.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the US Army Reserve (USAR) for 6 years on 9 May 1984.  Under the Split Phase Program, he was ordered to Phase I active duty for training (ADT) in order to undergo basic combat training (BCT) during the period 21 June 1984 to 23 August 1984.  He received BCT at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.  There is no DD Form 214 in the applicant’s records for this period of ADT.

5.  The applicant was ordered to Phase II ADT for advanced individual training (AIT) as a motor transport operator during the period 26 June 1985 to 6 September 1985.  He received AIT at Fort Dix, New Jersey.  There is a DD Form 214 in the applicant’s records for this period of ADT.  It incorrectly lists his component as RA (Regular Army) in block 2.  It was also improperly corrected by a DD Form 215, Correction to DD Form 214, on 19 May 1991 by changing the entries in blocks 12a and 12c to 84 06 25 and 01 02 12 respectively.  It correctly lists his grade as E-3 (he was not promoted to E-4 until 1 July 1987, well after his period of active service).  The applicant was honorably separated from the USAR on 28 September 1988.

6.  Army Regulation 635-5 establishes the policies and procedures for completion and distribution of the DD Form 214.  In pertinent parts, it states that block 2 (Department, Component and Branch) is used to record the branch of service and component for enlisted personnel (i.e., ARMY/USAR).  Blocks 23-28 are used to describe the type of separation, character of service, separation authority and code, and narrative reason for separation.

7.  Army Regulation 635-200 sets forth the basic authority for the separation of enlisted personnel.  Chapter 4 provides for the separation of personnel because of release from ADT and states that soldiers in an entry level status (less than 90 days of active duty under Phase II) will receive an uncharacterized discharge upon release from ADT.  Entry level status for Split Phase personnel is defined as serving.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant’s DD Form 214/215 for the separation date 6 September 1985 is incorrect.  Block 2 should read “ARMY/USAR.”  Block 12a was initially correct, but was improperly changed by DD Form 215; it should read “85 06 26.”  Block 12c was also initially correct, but improperly changed by DD Form 215; it should read “00 02 11.”

2.  The applicant, as a USAR soldier in Phase II training, was in an initial entry status.  When his ADT period expired, he was released from active duty under the provisions of Chapter 4, AR 635-200 and properly given an uncharacterized discharge.

3.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected, but only as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by:

	a.  voiding the DD Form 215 issued to the individual concerned on 19 May 1991; and

	b.  issuing to him a new DD Form 215 changing block 2 of his DD Form 214, dated 6 September 1985, from “ARMY/RA” to “ARMY/USAR.”

2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied.

BOARD VOTE:  

__owt___  __kan___  __mvt___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__Orville W. Troesch Jr._
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999024022	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000615	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	UNCHAR	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19850906	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 635-200 C4	
DISCHARGE REASON	A03.00	
BOARD DECISION	GRANT PLUS	
REVIEW AUTHORITY	DASA	
ISSUES         1.	100.0000	
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