PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           21 December 1999                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999026552

	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 her records be corrected to show a space between A____ and R_____.

3.  The applicant states that it is Spanish custom to use the last names of both one’s father and mother and to have a space between those names (the use of a hyphen is an American custom).

4.  The applicant’s military records show that she enlisted in the U. S. Army Reserve (Delayed Entry Program) on 19 September 1997 and in the Regular Army on 15 July 1998.  Her DD Forms 4/1, 4/2 and 4/3 show her name as A______; she signed all three documents as A______ (space) R______; and her birth certificate shows her last name as A______ (space) R______.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  There is an administrative error on the applicant’s enlistment documents.  Her birth certificate and her signature show a space between A____ and R_____.

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 the applicant’s enlistment documents, DD Forms 4/1, 4/2 and 4/3 be corrected to show her last name as A_______ (space) R________ and all other records corrected as appropriate.

BOARD VOTE:  

__hof___  __mw____  __dw____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Hubert O. Fry, Jr.
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999026552	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	19991221	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.00	
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