PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            30 March 2000     
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000039576

	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.  

	Ms. Deborah L. Brantley		Senior Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Barbara J. Ellis		Chairperson	
	Mr. Hubert O. Fry, Jr.		Member	
	Mr. Ernest W. Lutz, Jr.		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 item 20a of his DD Form 4/3 (enlisted contract) be corrected to reflect that his term of enlistment was 3 years and not 
4 years.

3.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in U.S. Army Reserves Delayed Entry Program (DEP) for a period of 8 years.  On 9 March 2000 he requested discharge from the DEP with the intention of enlisting in the Regular Army for a period 3 years.  However, item 20a of his DD Form 4/3 reflects an incorrect term of 4 years.  His 3-year term of enlistment is confirmed in his automated enlistment contract.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Documents in the applicant’s file clearly indicate that it was his intention to enlist in the Regular Army for a period of 3 years although item 20a of his DD Form 4/3 incorrectly reflected a term of 4 years.

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 the applicant’s term of enlistment in item 20a of his DD Form 4/3, as 3 years vice 4 years.

BOARD VOTE:  

___bje__  ___hof__  ____ewl_  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000039576	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000330	
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.	110.00	
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6.