PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           24 May 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000040807

	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	
	Mrs. Nancy Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. John N. Slone		Chairperson	
	Mr. Mark D. Manning		Member	
	Ms. Meta Waller		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 home of record (HOR) be changed from Washington to Iowa.

3.  The applicant states that his HOR was correct when he entered the Iowa National Guard.  He entered Des Moines University – Osteopathic Medical Center, Des Moines, IA in 1992.  The school had sent him on various rotations to hospitals throughout the country for training in various specialties.  His last rotation before graduation was in the Fort Lewis, WA area.  He knew by that time that his internship would be at Madigan Army Medical Center so he kept his Tacoma living quarters.  He returned home to Iowa for his 31 May 1996 graduation then returned to Tacoma and inprocessed to active duty at Fort Lewis, WA in June 1996.  He believes his home of record was changed at that time.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was appointed a second lieutenant in the Iowa Army National Guard on 6 February 1993.  (The previous year he had been admitted to Des Moines University – Osteopathic Medical Center, College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery in Des Moines, IA).  He was discharged on 13 July 1993 and appointed a second lieutenant in the U. S. Army Reserve on 14 July 1993.  His appointment memorandum shows his address as Des Moines, IA; his transfer orders show his HOR as Coralville, IA.  He was issued an Iowa driver’s license in 1994 showing his address as Coralville, IA.  

5.  Orders A-03-003162, U. S. Total Army Personnel Command, 9700 Page Avenue, St. Louis, MO dated 18 March 1996 ordered the applicant to active duty with a reporting date to Madigan Army Medical Center to begin internship training.  He was temporarily living in Tacoma at the time due to a medical school requirement so the orders show his address as Tacoma, WA and his HOR as Tacoma, WA.

6.  Personal checks from the ___ Credit Union in Des Moines, written through    30 May 1996, show the applicant’s address as Coralville, IA.

7.  The applicant graduated from Des Moines University – Osteopathic Medical Center on 31 May 1996 and took his oath of office on this date in Des Moines, IA. On or about 14 June 1996, he reported to Madigan Army Medical Center.

8.  Army Regulation 600-8-104 prescribes instructions for preparing the Personnel Qualification Records, to include the Officer Record Brief (ORB).  In pertinent part it states that the source document for the home of record entry on the ORB will be the active duty letter or order.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The Board concludes that an error occurred in this case.  The evidence provided supports the applicant’s contention that at the time he entered active duty his home was in Iowa and had been for some years.  He was residing in Tacoma, WA at the time his active duty orders were issued only to satisfy a medical school graduation requirement.  He had retained his living quarters at that address after graduating only because he knew his first military assignment would be back in the same area.

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:

     a.   amending Orders A-03-003162, U. S. Total Army Personnel Command, 9700 Page Avenue, St. Louis, MO dated 18 March 1996 to change the applicant’s HOR from “TACOMA, WA” to “CORALVILLE, IA;” and

     b.   amending Orders A-03-003162 to change his place entered active duty/ordered to active duty from “SAME AS SNL” to “…CORALVILLE, IA…”

BOARD VOTE:  

__jns___  __mdm___  __mw___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			John N. Slone
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000040807	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000524	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	112.01	
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