PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:           8 February 2001                 
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000042723

	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. Edmund P. Mercanti		                      Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. JoAnn H. Langston		Chairperson	
	Mr. Donald P. Hupman		Member	
	Mr. George D. Paxson		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 the amount of separation pay shown on her DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, be corrected from $30,000.00 to $22,344.96.

3.  The applicant states that an error was made in the amount of separation pay her DD Form 214 shows she received.  The Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) has confirmed that an error was made, but is unable to correct her DD Form 214.

4.  In support of her request the applicant submits a Leave and Earnings Statement (LES) which shows that she was given $22,344.96 in separation pay.  She also submits a memorandum from DFAS to the Army Reserve Personnel Command which stated that the amount of $30,000.00 in separation pay is incorrectly entered on the applicant’s DD Form 214; that she actually received $22,344.96 in separation pay.

5.  The applicant’s military records show that she was commissioned and entered on active duty on 1 June 1983.  She was awarded the area of concentration of combat engineer and was promoted to captain.  On 20 October 1990 she was honorably released from active duty at the expiration of her term of service.  The DD Form 214 she was issued shows that she was given $30,000.00 in separation pay.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Both the applicant’s separation LES and the memorandum from DFAS confirm that she was given $22,344.96 in separation pay.  As such, an obvious error was made when $30,000.00 was entered on her DD Form 214 as the amount of separation pay she received.

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 issuing to the individual concerned a DD Form 215 showing that she received $22,344.96 in separation pay.

BOARD VOTE:  

___jhl    _  ___dph__  ____gdp_  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_________JoAnn H. Langston______
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000042723	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20010208	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	128.08	
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5.		
6.