PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:                2 February 2000             
	DOCKET NUMBER:        AR1999028090

	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.  

	Ms. Joyce A. Wright		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Calvin M. Fowler		Chairperson	
	Mr. James E. Anderholm		Member	
	Mr. Lester Echols		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 correction of his DD Form 214 (Report of Separation from the Armed Forces of the United States) to show his date of birth as 21 August 1931 instead of 31 August 1931.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that his date of birth is incorrect on his DD Form 214.

4.  The applicant’s military records were destroyed or lost during the National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973.  Records available to the Board were obtained from alternate sources and show he was inducted on 8 February 1951 and was honorably discharged on 13 November 1952.

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 shows his date of birth as 31 August 1931.
The birth certificate provided by the applicant shows his date of birth as
21 August 1931.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant’s date of birth is 21 August 1931.  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show his date of birth as 21 August 1931.

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 the entry “ 21 August 1931” in item 10 (Date of Birth) of his DD Form 214.

BOARD VOTE:  

CMF____  KEA_____  LE_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Calvin M. Fowler______
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999028090	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000202	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 615-363	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  1021		
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