PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           19 September 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000043108

	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. Hubert O. Fry, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. John P. Infante		Member	
	Ms. Regan K. Smith		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 Report of Transfer or Discharge, DD Form 214, item 24 be corrected to show his proper service time.

3.  The applicant states that he enlisted on 3 March 1964 and was discharged on 26 August 1964 yet item 24 shows he only served for 2 months and 3 days.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 3 March 1964.

5.  The applicant departed absent without leave (AWOL) on two occasions, from 24 May through 11 June 1964 and from 14 June through 8 July 1964.  He was convicted by special court-martial for these AWOLs and his sentence included confinement at hard labor.  He served 33 days in confinement, from 24 July through 26 August 1964.

6.  On 26 August 1964, the applicant was discharged for unsuitability.  Although the period from 3 March through 26 August 1964 was 5 months and 24 days, the applicant had 77 days (2 months and 17days) of lost time during that period.  Lost time is not creditable towards computation of pay or service and must be subtracted from the 5 months and 24 days to give the applicant total creditable service of 3 months and 7 days.  His DD Form 214, item 24 shows he had 2 months and 3 days of creditable service.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant cannot be credited with serving the full 5 months and 24 days between the date of his enlistment on 3 March 1964 and the date of his discharge on 26 August 1964.  His 77 days of lost time must be subtracted from that total.

2.  However, it does appear that the entries in item 24 of his DD Form 214 have been miscalculated and that he should be credited with more than 2 months and 3 days of service.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That the applicant’s service be recalculated and item 24 of his DD Form 214 be corrected as appropriate.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

__hof___  __jpi___  ___rks__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Hubert O. Fry, Jr.
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000043108	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000919	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.00	
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6.