PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:       

	BOARD DATE:            26 October 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000041510

	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. Melinda M. Darby		Chairperson	
	Mr. Arthur A. Omartian		Member	
	Mr. William D. Powers		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 report of separation (DD Form 214) be corrected to reflect all of his awards and schooling. 

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that all of his awards and schooling were not included on his DD Form 214 at the time of separation.  In support of his application he submits copies of his awards citations for a Meritorious Service Medal (MSM), two Army Achievement Medals (AAM), a Certificate of Training for the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NCO) Noncommissioned Officer Course in 1992, and a Certificate of Completion for the Defense Hazardous Materials/Waste Handling Course in 1994.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted on 10 October 1989 and served continuously until he was honorably discharged in the pay grade of E-6 on 19 December 1999 due to completion of required active service.  He had served 10 years, 2 months, and 10 days of total active service.

5.  A review of the applicant’s Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) shows that copies of awards of the MSM and two AAMs are present in the OMPF with the appropriate order numbers annotated.  A copy of his completion of the NBC Course completion is also present in the OMPF and indicates that he attended 80 hours of instruction.  There is no indication of his attendance at the hazardous waste course present in his records and the certificate of completion does not provide a period of attendance.

6.  The DD Form 214 issued to the applicant at the time of separation does not contain his awards of the MSM, two awards of the AAM or the hazardous waste course; however, his attendance at the NBC Course in 1992 for 2 weeks is indicated on that form.

7.  Army Regulation 600-8-104 serves as the authority for entering items on the personnel qualification record.  It states, in pertinent part, that only training that is of 40 hours (1 week) or more will be entered on the personnel qualification record.  Information regarding the duration of the course is required before entries will be made and those documents will be included in the OMPF.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant clearly was awarded the MSM and two awards of the AAM prior to his discharge; however, an administrative error resulted in the omission of those awards from his report of separation at the time of his discharge.

2.  Accordingly, it would be in the interest of justice to correct his records at this time to show his awards of the MSM and two awards of the AAM.

3.  The applicants attendance at the NBC Course is properly documented on his DD Form 214; therefore, no correction is necessary. 

4.  Inasmuch as the course completion certificate for attendance at the hazardous waste handling course does not contain a duration of the course and since the applicant has failed to provide information showing that it was at least 40 hours in duration, there is no basis to make the change requested.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by amending the DD Form 214 of the individual concerned to show that he was awarded the MSM and two awards of the AAM.

2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied.

BOARD VOTE:  

_mmd___  __ao____  __wdp___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		____Melinda M. Darby____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000041510	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	2000/10/26	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT PARTIAL	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  189	110.0000/CORR 214	
2.  63	107.0017/MSM	
3.  71	107.0025/AAM	
4.		
5.		
6.