PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF

	BOARD DATE:            4 May 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999026438

	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		Director	
	Ms. Gale J. Thomas		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Luther L. Santiful		Chairperson	
	Mr. James P. Stueve		Member	
	Ms. Carol Jo Suiter		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 records be corrected to show he retired in the grade of First Sergeant/E-8, instead of Master Sergeant/E-8.

3.  The applicant states that he was a first sergeant until his request to be excused from summer camp was denied; that his unit advisor arbitrarily changed his rank to Master Sergeant and appointed someone else as first sergeant.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was appointed as a                     First Sergeant /E-8 on 4 March 1965, and a MSG/E-8 on 14 March 1967.

5.  On 30 September 1967, the applicant was transferred to the Retired Reserve, in the grade of Master Sergeant/E-8. 

6.  Army Regulation 635-200, in pertinent part, states that noncommissioned officers holding the grade of master sergeant, E-8, who were former first sergeants will be placed on the retired list in the grade title of “first sergeant”.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant served as first sergeant from 4 March 1965 until 14 March 1967, and as such should have been retired in the grade title of first sergeant.

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 by showing that the applicant was retired in the grade title of first sergeant.

BOARD VOTE:  

___lls___  ___jps___  ___cs___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999026438	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000504	
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. 110.00		
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.