PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:  15 March 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999029078

	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. Paul A. Petty		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. Van B. Cunningham		Member	
	Ms. Margaret Patterson		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 his Home of Record (HOR) be corrected from Washington D.C. to Larchmont, New York.

3.  The applicant states that on entering active duty in June 1989, his duty station was incorrectly listed as his HOR.  He was born in Larchmont, New York, and lived there until he went to college.  He attended school in Washington, D.C., on a military scholarship.  He entered active duty upon graduation in 1989 and was assigned to Walter Reed Army Medical Center.  He discovered the error in his HOR when he was discharged in 1999 and returned his household goods to New York.  The applicant provides copies of his 1987 and 1988 New York State Tax Returns showing his address as 4 Avon Road, Larchmont, NY; his NY state drivers license (which did not expire until 1992) showing his NY address in Larchmont; his student ID card from preparatory school in New Rochelle, NY, for the school year 1979-1980; and his birth certificate showing his birth in Port Chester, Westchester, NY; 

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the USAR on 31 July 1985 in Larchmont, New York, to attend Georgetown Medical School on an Armed Forces Health Professionals Scholarship Program (HPSP) scholarship.  He graduated from medical school in June 1989 and was called to active duty in the rank of Captain on 21 June 1989 for internship at Walter Reed Medical Center.  His orders for active duty listed his HOR as Washington, D.C., where he attended medical school.  He continued on active duty as a USAR officer until discharge on 30 June 1999 at the rank of Major.  His discharge form, DD Form 214, shows his HOR as Washington, D.C..

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  It is obvious from the evidence and the record that the applicant’s HOR is in fact Larchmont, New York, the place where he was commissioned in the USAR, and not Washington, D.C., the location of the Georgetown Medical School where he attended on a HPSP scholarship and graduated.  The orders calling him to active duty at Walter Reed Medical Center as an intern right after medical school graduation are in error on his HOR being Washington, D.C..

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 for the individual concerned by changing his Home of Record to Larchmont, New York.

BOARD VOTE:  

_RO____  __VC__  __MP__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__ Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.__
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999029078	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000315	
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         1.112.01	HOR	
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