PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      

	BOARD DATE:           12 October 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000043127

	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. W. W. Osborn, Jr.		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. John D. Miller		Chairperson	
	Ms. Carol Jo Suiter		Member	
	Mr. John E. Denning		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. Applicant requests reconsideration of his previous application to correct his military records by showing the 81st Reconnaissance Troop Mechanized, 81st Infantry Division be listed in Block 6 of his Enlisted Record and Report of Separation (WD AGO Form 53-55). 

3.  The applicant relates that he was only attached to the 29th Cavalry Troop for a short time.  He served in combat with the 81st Reconnaissance Troop, 81st Infantry Division and would like to have that unit shown on his discharge document.

4.  The record of proceedings of the Board’s 30 April 1997 review of his request is incorporated herein by reference as if wholly set forth.

5.  As noted in the previous decision the applicant served in the Western Pacific Theater of Operations with the 81st Reconnaissance Troop.

6.  Technical Manual 12-235 (Enlisted Personnel, Discharge Procedures and Preparation of Separation Form), in effect at the time, provided instructions for completing separation documents.  The instruction for Block 6 (Organization) on the WD AGO Form 53-55 stated “Enter the last unit or similar element to which he was assigned, rater than the element of which he was a part while moving to a separation activity.  Assignments to units for purposes of transportation from a theater to the United States are considered part of a movement to a separation activity.”    

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The regulatory provision in effect at the time provided that the unit of permanent assignment, rather than one to which the soldier was attached for transportation to a separation activity was to be listed on the separation document. 

2.  Therefore, the applicant’s combat unit, 81st Reconnaissance Troop, 81st Infantry Division should be shown on his discharge document.

3.  In view of the foregoing findings and conclusions, correcting  the applicant’s records as recommended below would rectify an injustice.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by issuing a correction to the WD AGO 53-55 of the individual concerned showing 81st Reconnaissance Troop, 81st Infantry Division in Block 6. 

BOARD VOTE:

__JDM__  ___CJS__  __JED__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_        John D. Miller________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999043127	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20001012	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.00	
2.		
3.		
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6.