PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            30 March 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999028178

	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. Edmund P. Mercanti		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Barbara J. Ellis		Chairperson	
	Mr. Hubert O. Fry, Jr.		Member	
	Mr. Ernest W. Lutz, Jr.		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 WD AGO Form 53-55, Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge, Item 43, Longevity for Pay Purposes, be corrected from 3 years, 9 months and 13 days to 6 years, 9 months and 13 days.

3.  The applicant states that he wasn’t given credit for the 3-years he served in the Pennsylvania ARNG (PAARNG).

4.  In support of his application he submits a copy of his PAARNG Service Record which shows he served honorably from 8 May 1934 to 7 May 1937.

4.  The applicant’s military records could not be located and are presumed to have been destroyed in the fire at the records repository at St. Louis in 1973.  The applicant provided the Board his Enlistment Record and his WD AGO Form 53-55 from which the following information was derived.

5.  He enlisted on 28 January 1942, served as a heavy truck driver in Australia and New Guinea, and was honorably discharged on 11 November 1945 by reason of demobilization.  

6.  The Department of Defense Pay Manual (DODPM), paragraph 10101, lists service in the ARNG as creditable service.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  It is apparent that the applicant should have been credited with his ARNG service when his longevity was calculated.

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 

	a.  changing the WD AGO Form 53-55 of the individual concerned, Item 43, Longevity for Pay Purposes, to show that he had 6 years, 9 months and 13 days of service on 11 November 1945; and

	b.  paying to him the difference in active duty pay this change in longevity pay will necessitate from 28 January 1942 to 11 November 1945, if finance records can be located to confirm that his pay was based on the longevity period currently reflected on his WD AGO Form 53-55.

BOARD VOTE:  

___bje___  ___hof   _  ___ewl__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__________Barbara J. Ellis________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999028178	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000330	
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.	112.09	
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