PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF

	BOARD DATE:           27 June 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000035871

	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. Carl W. S. Chun		Director	
	Mr. Robert J. McGowan		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Mark D. Manning		Chairperson	
	Mr. Walter T. Morrison		Member	
	Mr. Curtis L. Greenway		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 his date of birth on his WD AGO Form 53-55, Enlisted Record and Report of Separation – Honorable Discharge, be corrected.

3.  The applicant states that his date of birth is incorrect and provides a certified copy of his birth certificate as proof.

4.  The applicant’s WD AGO Form 53-55 shows his date of birth as in Block 10.

5.  The applicant was born in the State of Louisiana on  as certified by his birth certificate.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant’s date of birth on his WD AGO Form 53-55 is incorrect by 2 days.

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 was born on 

BOARD VOTE:  

________  ________  ________  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

__mdm__  __wtm__  __clg_____  DENY APPLICATION

		  __Mark D. Manning__
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000035871	
SUFFIX		
RECON	19991110	
DATE BOARDED	20000627	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY	DASA	
ISSUES         1.	100.0200	
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.