PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:         

	BOARD DATE:             11 February 2000                 
	DOCKET NUMBER:     AR1999028881

	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. Joseph A. Adriance		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Margaret K. Patterson		Chairperson	
	Mr. George D. Paxson		Member	
	Mr. Thomas B. Redfern III		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, in effect, that the Social Security Account Number (SSAN) contained in his military records be corrected.   

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that his deceased parents always kept his important documents, which included his DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge).  After his parents died he was unable to locate his DD Form 214 so he requested a copy.  When he received his DD Form 214 he realized that it contained an error in his SSAN.  He went to the Social Security Administration Office in Honolulu, Hawaii to correct the problem and found that the number contained in his military records had never been issued to anyone and was not his correct SSAN.  The applicant has enclosed a copy of a print-out from the Social Security Administration, and a copy of his social security card, in support of his application.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted into the Army of the United States on 4 October 1968 and that he served honorably, for 1 year, 
11 months, and 18 days, until his separation, in the rank of specialist/E-4, on 
21 September 1968.  

5.  The primary method of identification used by the Army during the applicant’s period of service was the Service Number; however, a SSAN was included on some documents in the applicant’s military record, which included the DD Form 214 issued him at discharge.  The SSAN contained in the DD Form 214 does differ from the one provided by the Social Security Administration.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The Board found based on the evidence of record and the independent evidence submitted by the applicant, that the SSAN listed in block 3 of the 
DD Form 214 issued the applicant at his separation, on 21 September 1968, was in error and should be corrected at this time.

2.  The enclosed print-out from the Social Security Administration clearly indicates that the SSAN the applicant now desires to have included in his records was properly assigned to him and, in the interest of clarity, this SSAN should be included as part of the applicant’s military record.

3.  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 amending the records of the individual concerned to show his Social Security Account Number as reflected on applicant’s social security card and on the 
print-out from the Social Security Administration Office of Honolulu, Hawaii, dated 8 June 1999.

BOARD VOTE:  

__gdp_  ___mkp__  __tbr______  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___Margaret K. Patterson____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999028881	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	2000/02/11	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	N/A	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	N/A	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	N/A	
DISCHARGE REASON	N/A	
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1. 10	100.0900	
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