PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:            

	BOARD DATE:                 16 March 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:        AR1999028967

	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:

	Ms. Jennifer L. Prater		Chairperson	
	Mr. Orville W. Troesch, Jr.		Member	
	Mr. Christopher J. Prosser		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 Honorable Discharge Certificate to show his enlistment date as 11 March 1943 and to show his discharge date as 10 March 1946.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that his enlistment and discharge dates on his Honorable Discharge Certificate are incorrect.  In support of his application he submits a copy of his Honorable Discharge Certificate and a copy of Form 2842 (United States Civil Service Commission-Disability Preference Allowance).

4.  The applicant’s military records were destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973.  Records available to the Board were obtained from alternate sources and show that he entered active duty on 11 March 1943 and served continuously until he was honorably discharged on 10 March 1946.

5.  The applicant provided a copy of his Form 2842, which shows his period of active duty from 11 March 1943 to 10 March 1946.

6.  The available records contain a War Department Form 372 A (Final Payment Work Sheet), which was authenticated in his own hand, shows that he was discharged on 10 March 1946.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant’s Honorable Discharge Certificate issued to him clearly shows 
that he enlisted on 10 March 1946 instead of 11 March 1943 and was honorably discharged on 9 March 1949 instead of 10 March 1946.  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his Honorable Discharge Certificate to show that he enlisted on 11 March 1943 instead of 10 March 1946 and to show that he was discharged
on 10 March 1946 instead of 9 March 1949.

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 individual concerned enlisted on 11 March 1943 and was discharged on 10 March 1946.

BOARD VOTE:  

JLP____OWT______  CJP____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		____Jennifer L. Prater__________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999028967	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000316	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19460310	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  1021		
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