PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:  15 February 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999027736

	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. Paul A. Petty .		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Fred Eichorn		Chairperson	
	Ms. Karol A. Kennedy		Member	
	Mr. Roger Able		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 middle name and his Social Security Number (SSN) be corrected on his DD Form 214 for the period 29 December 1986 to 
4 April 1987.

3.  The applicant states that on his DD Form 214, his middle name is misspelled with an “o” instead of an “a” as the second letter and that the middle two digits of his SSN, “07”, are incorrect and should be changed to “74”.  He supplies a copy of his birth certificate and his SSN card.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that his original 23 October 1986 Army Reserve enlistment document listed his SSN with the incorrect “07” as the middle digits.  At the conclusion of his Initial Active Duty for Training (IADT), he was issued a DD Form 214 that also contained the incorrect SSN.  On 7 April 1987, the NCOIC of the transition point where he attended IADT wrote a letter to the US Army Reserve Components Personnel and Administration Center in 
St. Louis, Missouri, identifying the SSN error and requesting correction of his records and the DD Form 214 in question.  A corrected copy of his enlistment document was issued showing the SSN middle digits correctly as “74”.  It appears that a corrected DD Form 214 was not issued.  His military personnel file shows his correct SSN on most documents and his pay records show his correct SSN.

5.  Concerning the spelling of his middle name, it is spelled correctly in his military records as it is on his birth certificate with the second letter being an “a”.  The DD Form 214 in question shows his middle name incorrectly spelled with an “o” as the second letter instead of the correct “a”.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  His middle name and his SSN have been entered incorrectly on his 
DD Form 214 in question and should be corrected.

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 for the individual concerned by correcting his DD Form 214 for the period 
29 December 1986 to 4 April 1987:

	a.  to show the second letter of his middle name as an “a” according to his birth certificate supplied and his corrected enlistment document; and

	b.  to show the middle two digits of his SSN to be “74” as shown on his Social Security Card and on his corrected enlistment contract in his record.

BOARD VOTE:  

__FE___  __KK____  __RA____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		____ Fred Eichorn ______
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999027736	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000215	
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         1.100.01	Name Correction	
2.100.09	SSN Correction	
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.