MEMORANDUM OF CONSIDERATION

	IN THE CASE OF:         

	BOARD DATE:              5 April 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR1999028201

	I certify that hereinafter is recorded the record of consideration 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. Raymond V. O'Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. Stanley Kelley		Member	
	Mr. Lester Echols		Member	

	The Board, established pursuant to authority contained in 10 U.S.C. 1552, convened at the call of the Chairperson on the above date.  In accordance with Army Regulation 15-185, the application and the available military records pertinent to the corrective action requested were reviewed to determine whether to authorize a formal hearing, recommend that the records be corrected without a formal hearing, or to deny the application without a formal hearing if it is determined that insufficient relevant evidence has been presented to demonstrate the existence of probable material error or injustice.

	The applicant requests correction of military records as stated in the application to the Board and as restated herein.

	The Board considered the following evidence:

	Exhibit A - Application for correction of military 
                records
	Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including
	            advisory opinion, if any)

APPLICANT REQUESTS:  In effect, correction of his WD AGO Form 53-55 (Enlisted Record and Report of Separation) to show 1376th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company as his last unit of assignment instead of 4472nd 
Quartermaster Truck Company.

APPLICANT STATES:  In effect, that the 1376th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company was disbanded and that he was reassigned to a unit for home shipment in 1945.  He also states that he is proud to have served with the 1376th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company in Louisiana and during the Normandy Campaign and would prefer that it be listed as his last unit of assignment on his WD AGO Form 53-55 for his family.

EVIDENCE OF RECORD:  The applicant's military records were lost or destroyed in 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 April 1943 as a station operator.  He served in the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater of Operations from 22 July 1944 to 11 March 1946 and was honorably discharged on 2 April 1946.

There is no evidence in the available records to show that he served with the 1376th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company.

The applicant’s WD AGO Form 53-55 shows he was assigned to 4472nd Quartermaster Truck Company at the time of his discharge from the Army.

Based on regulation, in effect at the time, the applicant’s unit of assignment at the time of his separation from the service was entered in Item 6 (Organization) of the WD AGO Form 53-55.  The unit shown in item 6 was not necessarily the same unit with which the applicant served during World War II.  If the service member was transferred to a unit at a separation center for the purpose of discharge processing, the unit shown in item 6 was, therefore, the unit from which the soldier was separated and is an important entry because it assists in the search for a soldier’s military records.

DISCUSSION:  Considering all the evidence, allegations, and information presented by the applicant, together with the evidence of record, applicable law and regulations, it is concluded:

1.  There is no evidence of record, and the applicant has provided no evidence, to show that the 1376th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company was his last unit of assignment at the time of his separation.  Evidence of record shows that 4472nd Quartermaster Truck Company was his last unit of assignment at the time of his separation from the Army.  Therefore, item 6 (Organization) of his WD AGO Form 53-55 is correct as currently constituted.

2.  In order to justify correction of a military record, the applicant must show to the satisfaction of the Board, or it must otherwise satisfactorily appear, that the record is in error or unjust.  The applicant has failed to submit evidence that would satisfy the aforementioned requirement.

3.  In view of the foregoing, there is no basis for granting the applicant's request.

DETERMINATION:  The applicant has failed to submit sufficient relevant evidence to demonstrate the existence of probable error or injustice.

BOARD VOTE:

RVO____  SK_____  LE______  GRANT

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

Karl F. Schneider
Director, Army Review Boards Agency

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999028201	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000405	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19460402	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR1999028201	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	DENY	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1. 1021		
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