PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:        

	BOARD DATE:            3 February 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999029032

	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	
	Ms. Barbara J. Ellis		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, in effect that his DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge) be corrected to show that his net service in block 22 a (1) as 1 year, 7 months, and 16 days, as opposed to the current entry which shows 1 year, 7 months, and 6 days.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that the net service period on his DD Form 214 is incorrect and that he actually completed 1 year, 7 months, and 16 days of active military service. 

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted into the Army of the United States on 28 June 1967 for 2 years and that he served honorably until his release from active duty, in the rank of specialist/E-4, on 13 February 1969.  

5.  The applicant was issued a DD Form 214 which indicated that he was inducted on 28 June 1967 and that he was released on 13 February 1969.  Block 22 a (1) (net service this period) shows 1 year, 7 months, 6 days and there is no lost time recorded anywhere on the DD Form 214.  

6.  The applicant’s DA Form 20 (Qualification Record) also verifies that he was inducted on 28 June 1967 and that he had no lost time during his service.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  A computation of the applicant’s service, as verified from the record, shows that his net service was in fact 1 year, 7 months, and 16 days.  Therefore, the Board concluded that the DD Form 214 issued the applicant was in error and should be corrected at this time.

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 that the individual concerned completed 1 year, 7 months, and 
16 days of active military service and issue the individual concerned a correction to his DD Form 214 which shows this change.
BOARD VOTE:  

__ewl___  ___be___  __mkp___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__Margaret K. Patterson___
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999029032	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	2000/02/03	
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. 303	129.0100	
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