PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:   

	BOARD DATE:  7 June 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000036627

	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
Mr. Lee Cates		Director
Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Margaret Patterson		Chairperson	
	Mr. James P. Stueve		Member	
	Mr. Edwin S. Castle		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 4/1 (Enlistment/Reenlistment document – Armed Forces of the United States), dated 30 March 1999 be corrected to show his enlistment pay grade as E-5.

3.  The applicant states he completed the required training required to enlist in the higher grade.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he served on active duty in the Marine Corps from 24 March 1992 to 15 February 1999 (6 years, 10 months and 12 days of creditable service).

5.  On 30 March 1999, he enlisted in the Army, in pay grade E-4, for a period of  3 years.

6.  On 30 March 2000, the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (DCSPER) opined that the applicant should have been enlisted in pay grade E-5, based on completion of The Sergeants Course in the Marine Corps.

7.  On 10 April 2000, the applicant concurred with the DCSPER opinion. 

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows the applicant should have been enlisted in pay grade E-5, based on completion of the required training.

2.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by:

	a.  showing the individual concerned enlisted in the Army on 30 March 1999, in pay grade E-5, and

	b.  that he is entitled to pay and allowances in that grade effective           30 March 1999. 

2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied.

BOARD VOTE:  

___mp___  __js____  ___ec___ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________ DENY APPLICATION

		____Margaret Patterson____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000036627	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000607	
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         1.131	Promotion	
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6.