PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:    

	BOARD DATE:  18 July 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR200036644

	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	
	Ms. Stephanie Thompkins		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. George D. Paxson		Chairperson	
	Ms. Margaret V. Thompson		Member	
	Ms. Elizabeth Buchanon		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 to his date and place of birth on his DD Form 214 (separation document).

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that he was born on  at Lower Swatara Township, Middletown, Pennsylvania.  He submits a copy of his notification of birth registration in support of his request. 

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted on 15 April 1965.

5.  His Statement of Personal History and induction records show he was born on 27 April 1943 at Dauphin County, Middletown, Pennsylvania.

6.  He was honorably separated on 19 January 1967.  His home of record at the time was Dauphin County, Lynchburg, Virginia.  He was transferred to the USAR Control Group (Annual Training) and discharged on 14 April 1971.

7.  His birth registration shows his birth date as and his place of birth as.  The birth is recorded in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

8.  Dauphin, Virginia was erroneously entered as his place of birth on his DD Form 214.  

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant is entitled to correction to his place of birth on his separation document.  Dauphin, Virginia was erroneously entered.

2.  The applicant is not entitled to correction of his date of birth, he has not clearly shown it is in error or unjust.  The birth date of is shown throughout his records, including his official record of induction.

3.  The Board notes the utter confusion of the applicant’s record concerning his date and place of birth; however, the preponderance of evidence support his date of birth as  and his place of birth as Pennsylvania.

4.  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 showing the place of birth of the individual concerned as on his DD Form 214 dated 19 January 1967.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

__gp___  ___mt___  __eb____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___George D. Paxson____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000036644	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000718	
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.	100.00	
2.	100.02	
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.