PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           3 November 1999                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999024268

	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	
	Mrs. Nancy Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Fred N. Eichorn		Chairperson	
	Mr. Edwin S. Castle		Member	
	Mr. Stanley Kelley		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 be corrected to show he entered active duty on 12 January 1991.

3.  The applicant states that he entered active duty on 12 January 1991, not         1 February 1991.  He provides his active duty orders as supporting evidence.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was appointed a commissioned officer in the U. S. Army Reserve on 13 September 1990.

5.  On 11 January 1991, the Fourth U. S. Army published orders ordering the applicant’s unit to active duty for 180 days effective 12 January 1991.  (Apparently, the 88th U. S. Army Reserve Command was not aware of this because they published orders on 25 January 1991 ordering the applicant’s unit to active duty for 12 months effective 1 February 1991.)

6.  On 28 October 1999, an analyst with the Board verified with the Defense Finance and Accounting Service that the applicant did start active duty on         12 January 1991.  

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The Board concludes that a Government error occurred in this case.  The evidence of record shows that the applicant entered active duty on 12 January 1991, not 1 February 1991.

2.  In view of the foregoing, it would be in the interest of justice to correct the applicant’s records as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

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

     a.  changing item 12a of the applicant’s DD Form 214 to read 91 01 12;  and 

     b.  changing item 12d of his DD Form 214 to read 00 03 12.

BOARD VOTE:  

__fne___  __esc___  __sk____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Fred N. Eichorn
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999024268	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	19991103	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.00	
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.