PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:  15 February 2001
	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR2000042582

	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. Lee Cates		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Fred N. Eichorn		Chairperson	
	Mr. Melvin H. Meyer		Member	
	Ms. Margaret K. Patterson		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 military records be corrected to show his proper date of birth (DOB).

3.  The applicant states that the Army used an incorrect DOB throughout his military career.  He provides copies of his birth certificate, certificate of baptism and initial enlistment contract, all of which show his DOB as 17 June 1923.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted into the Army on         26 October 1942, at Fort Crook, Nebraska.  At that time, his enlistment contract indicated a DOB of “June 17, 1923”.

5.  Throughout his military career, the Army then used the DOB of 17 August 1924.

6.  Army Regulation 635-5 (Personnel Separation Documents) indicates, in pertinent part, that the DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) contains factual information and is a synopsis of the soldier’s most recent period of continuous active duty. It provides a brief, clear-cut record of active Army service at the time of release from active duty, retirement or discharge.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record clearly shows the applicant’s DOB is 17 June 1923 and his records should be corrected accordingly.

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 DOB of the individual concerned is 17 June 1923.

BOARD VOTE:  

__fe___  __mm____  __mp___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___Fred N. Eichorn___
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000042582	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20010215	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(NC, GRANT , DENY, GRANT PLUS)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.100	DOB	
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3.		
4.		
5.		
6.