PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           21 December 1999                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999025496

	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. Hubert O. Fry, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Ms. Meta Waller		Member	
	Ms. Debra Williams		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 his overseas service in Vietnam and Germany.

3.  The applicant makes no additional statement.  He provides his DD Form 214 and DA Form 20, Personnel Qualification Record as supporting evidence.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 25 August 1969.  He completed basic combat training and advanced individual training and was awarded military occupational specialty 11D (Armor Intelligence Specialist).  

5.  The applicant was assigned to Germany from 9 January through 20 July 1970.  He was assigned to Vietnam on 2 September 1970 where he performed duties as a rifleman and ammunition bearer.  He was absent without leave (AWOL) from 9 July through 16 August 1971 and from 24 through 29 September 1971.  

6.  The applicant was processed for and received an approved discharge for unsuitability and departed Vietnam on 17 October 1971.  He departed AWOL again from 1 through 8 November 1971 and from 10 through 15 November 1971. On 22 November 1971, he was discharged at Fort Polk, LA, apparently on temporary records.  He had completed 2 years and 29 days of creditable active service and had 59 days of lost time.  Several items on his DD Form 214 are blank or incomplete. 

7.  On 27 February 1992, the applicant was issued the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal with one bronze service star, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with device 1960, and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 is incomplete, presumably because he separated on temporary records.

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 amending the applicant’s DD Form 214:

     a.  block 23a to read 11D10 Armor Intelligence Specialist  and block 23b to read None;
     b.  block 22a(1) to read 02 00 29, 22a(3) to read 02 00 29, 22b to read 02 00 29, and 22c to read Germany/RVN 01 06 12;

     c.  block 24 to read National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal with one bronze service star, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with device 1960, and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm;

     d.  block 25 to read None;

     e.  block 26a to add 9 Jul 71 – 7 Aug 71, 8 Aug 71 – 16 Aug 71, and 24 Sep 71 – 29 Sep 71; and

     f.  block 30 to delete “14 days lost UP 10 USC 972 From: 1Nov71-8Nov71,10Nov71-15Nov71” and to add “59 days time lost UP 10 USC 972 from: 9Jul71-7Aug71, 8 Aug71–16 Aug 71, 24 Sep 71–29 Sep 71, 1 Nov 71–8 Nov 71, and 10 Nov 71–15 Nov 71” and to add “Vietnam service  2 Sep 70 to 16 Oct 71.

BOARD VOTE:  

__hof___  __mw____  __dw____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Hubert O. Fry, Jr.
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999025496	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	19991221	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	110.00	
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6.