PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:  7 November 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR2000038794

	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. Lee Cates		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. George D. Paxson		Chairperson	
	Ms. Paula Mokulis		Member	
	Mr. Melvin H. Meyer		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 records be corrected to show he was discharged in the rank of master sergeant (MSG), E-8.

3.  The applicant states that he should not have been discharged.  He could have passed the PT (Physical Training) Test at a later date.  He provides a copy of a promotion and discharge order.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that his date of birth is 21 May 1941. 

5.  During the period 21 March 1962 to 16 March 1964, he served on active duty in the Army of the United States.  On 17 March 1964, he was honorably separated and transferred into the Army Reserve for completion of his military obligation, in the rank of sergeant first class (SFC), E-7.

6.  On 29 September 1982, the 81st Army Reserve Command advised the applicant’s commander that he should complete 20 qualifying years of service in March 1983.  The letter requested verification of qualifying years of service and a request for Notification of Eligibility for Retired Pay at Age 60, if necessary.

7.  On 14 March 1984, the applicant requested a voluntarily reassignment to the United States Army Reserve Components Personnel and Administration Center (RCPAC) Control Group (Reinforcement), St. Louis, Missouri, in the rank of SFC.

8.  On 4 June 1984, Orders 54-34, Second US Army announced the voluntary reassignment of the applicant from his troop program unit to RCPAC, effective    4 June 1984.

9.  On 20 October 1986, he was issued a letter of Notification of Eligibility for Retired Pay at Age 60, as a SFC.  Records show that he attained 20 years of creditable service during the period 21 March 1962 to 16 March 1984.

10.  There is nothing in his record to show when he entered into the Individual Mobilization Assignment (IMA); however, on 29 July 1993, TAPC-MSL-E Orders 115-2, Total Army Personnel Command, St. Louis, Missouri announced the conditional promotion of the applicant to MSG (E-8), effective 17 June 1993, provided he was in a promotable status on the effective date of promotion.

11.  In 1996, he was flagged for physical training failure and he was issued a physical profile.

12.  A promotion packet to the rank of MSG was forwarded to the applicant for the 1996 Selection Board without results.

13.  On 22 May 1997, ARPC-SFS-R-04 Orders D-05-740512, Army Reserve Personnel Center announced the honorable discharge, based on the unsatisfactory participation, of the applicant effective 22 May 1997, in the rank of SFC  (E-7).  During the period 17 March 1984 to 22 May 1997, he had no qualifying service.

14.  On 27 October 2000, a staff member of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service – Denver advised a staff member of this Board that a review of the applicant’s Leave and Earning Statements for the period 1994 through 1997 revealed his grade as E-8 effective 1 August 1994.  His date of separation was 31 December 1996.  Throughout that period, he was paid in grade E-8 with the last payment in August 1996.  This service was as an IMA.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was promoted to MSG (E-8) effective 17 June 1993 and he served in pay grade E-8 until 31 December 1996, as a member of the IMA.

2.  He was a MSG (E-8) upon his discharge effective 22 May 1997.

3.  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 the individual concerned was discharged effective 22 May 1997 in the rank (and pay grade) of MSG (E-8).

BOARD VOTE:  

__gp____  __pm___  ___mm__ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________ DENY APPLICATION

		__George D. Paxson___
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000038794	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20001107	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(NC, GRANT , DENY, GRANT PLUS)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.129	Adv to E-8	
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4.		
5.		
6.