PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            9 March 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999028608

	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. W. E. Schnupp		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. June Hajjar		Chairperson	
	Mr. Thomas D. Howard, Jr.		Member	
	Ms. Carol Jo Suiter		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 item 16 (high school graduate or equivalent) of his DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge, be changed from “No” to “Yes”.

3.  The applicant states that 5 months prior to his separation date, he received his General Education Development (GED) Equivalency Diploma.

4.  In support of his request, he has furnished a copy of his GED Equivalency Diploma issued by DeRidder High School on 5 December 1980; a copy of the official results of GED test from the State of Louisiana and a copy of his DD Form 214.

5.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 8 April 1980 and was discharged with an Under Other Than Honorable Discharge Certificate for Misconduct – Civil Conviction on 23 April 1981.  His DD Form 214 reflects “no” in item 16.

6.  Army Regulation 635-5, Separation Documents, the regulatory guidance for preparing DD Form 214, provides that the completion of item 16 is “self-explanatory”.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Documentation submitted by the applicant substantiates that he completed his high school equivalency GED prior to his separation from active duty and this fact should be reflected with a “Yes” in item 16 of his DD Form 214.

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.  showing that the individual concerned completed his GED Equivalency on 5 December 1980; and

	b.  issuing to him a correction of his DD Form 214 showing item 16 as “Yes”.

BOARD VOTE:  

__jh____  ___tdh___  _cjs_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__June Hajjar______________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999028608	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000309	
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.  103.00		
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6.