PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           15 August 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000041399

	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. Thomas D. Howard, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. Arthur A. Omartian		Member	
	Ms. Gail J. Wire		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 his Enlisted Record and Report of Separation, WD AGO Form 53-55, be corrected to show his organization as 91st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron.  

3.  The applicant states that he was with the 91st for the longest time and through all his campaigns.  

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted and entered active duty on 1 June 1942.  His Service Record, WD AGO Form 24, shows he was assigned to the 91st Reconnaissance Squadron on 20 September 1942.  On       2 July 1945, he was transferred to Company C, 755th Tank Battalion.  On          13 August 1945, he was transferred to Company E, 351st Infantry.  He departed the European Theater on 10 September 1945.  On 11 October 1945, he was separated due to demobilization.  Item 6 of his WD AGO Form 53-55 shows his organization as Company E, 351st Infantry Regiment.

5.  Technical Manual 12-235, which prescribed the policy and procedures for the preparation and distribution of separation documents during the period in question, stated that the last unit, or similar element to which the individual was assigned, rather than the element of which he was a part while moving to a separation activity, would be entered in item 6 (organization) of the WD AGO Form 53-55.  It also noted that assignments to units for the purpose of transfer from a theater to the United States was considered part of the movement to a separation activity.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  There is sufficient evidence to conclude that the applicant was assigned to
the 91st Reconnaissance Squadron while in Europe and that the 755th Tank Battalion and 351st Infantry were likely transitional units based on the short periods of time between his assignments to those units, his departure from the overseas theater, and his separation from active duty.

2.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the applicant’s WD AGO Form 53-55 for the period ending 11 October 1945 be corrected to show his organization in item 6 as 91st Reconnaissance Squadron.

BOARD VOTE:  

__tdh___  __aao___  __gjw___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Thomas D. Howard, Jr.
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000041399	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000815	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.0000	
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.