PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:       

	BOARD DATE:            14 November 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000041087

	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. Jessie B. Strickland		Analyst	

The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Shirley L. Powell		Chairperson	
	Ms. Meta Waller		Member	
	Mr. Terry L. Placek		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 reflect his correct date of birth (DOB).

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that his records incorrectly reflect that his DOB is 18 December 1940 when in fact it is 18 December 1938.  In support of his application he submits a copy of his birth certificate indicating a DOB of 18 December 1938.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that at the time he was initially inducted on 8 January 1963, his records showed that his DOB was 18 December 1939.  However, when he reenlisted in 1974 his reenlistment contract was typed to reflect a DOB of 18 December 1940 and all of his records from that point on reflected a DOB of 18 December 1940. 

5.  A comparison of information contained in his Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) shows that the name of the parents he indicated when he entered the Army are the same as contained on the birth certificate he has provided. 

6.  The applicant was honorably released from active duty on 31 January 1981 and he was placed on the Retired List in the pay grade of E-7 effective 1 February 1981.  He had served 23 years, 11 months, and 24 days of total active service and his report of separation (DD Form 214) indicates that his DOB is 18 December 1940.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The Board is convinced after comparing the information in his records to the information contained on the birth certificate he has provided that in fact, an error was made in determining and recording his correct DOB in his military records. 

2.  It is readily apparent that his DOB was changed at least once while he served on active duty and it appears that it was the result of an administrative error.

3.  Therefore, it would be in the interest of justice at this time to correct his DOB to reflect that he was born on 18 December 1938.

4.  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 that the correct DOB of the individual concerned is 18 December 1938 instead of 18 December 1940, as currently reflected in his records.

BOARD VOTE:  

____tlp__  ___slp___  ___mw__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		____Shirley L. Powell_____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000041087	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	2000/11/14	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  1021	100.0000/CORR DOB	
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6.