PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:.

	BOARD DATE:  23 February 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999027203

	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.  

			Director	
	Ms. Lee Tinsley		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Ms. Elizabeth Buchanon		Member	
	Mr. Raymond J. Wagner		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 4/3 (Enlistment/Reenlistment Document) reflect his term of enlistment into the U.S. Regular Army as 6 years and not 4 years.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that his DD Form 4/3 should reflect a 6 year enlistment.

4.  The microfiche copy of his Official Military Personnel Records shows that the applicant enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve Delayed Entry Program on 27 April 1999 for a period of 8 years.  On 27 May 1999, he enlisted for active duty for a period of 
6 years as reflected on DD Form 4/1, however, DD Form 4/3 reflects an incorrect term of 4 years.  DA Form 3286-59 (Statement for Enlistment, United States Army Enlistment Program, U.S. Army Delayed Enlistment Program), item 1(d), also indicates that the applicant enlisted for 6 years.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant’s DD Form 4/1 reflects that he enlisted in the Regular Army for a period of 6 years and his DD Form 4/3 reflects a term of 4 years.

2.  After a review of the records along with his application, the Board is inclined to agree with the applicant that his DD Form 4/3 is in error and should be corrected to reflect that he enlisted in the Regular Army for a period of 6 years.

3.  In view of the foregoing, it would be appropriate 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 for the individual concerned by showing on the DD Form 4/3, item 20a that he enlisted in the Regular Army for a period of 6 years on 27 May 1999.

BOARD VOTE:  

   RO          EB        RW    GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

                                          GRANT FORMAL HEARING

                                          DENY APPLICATION

			 Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.    
			CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999027203	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000223	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  112.03	Term of Enlistment	
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