PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:           15 March 2001                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000044688

	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	
	Ms. Carolyn G. Wade		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Ernest M. Willcher		Chairperson	
	Mr. Richard T. Dunbar		Member	
	Mr. Thomas E. O’Shaughnessy		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 entries in Blocks 1 (Name), 2 (Service Number), 28 (Most Significant Duty Assignment), 42 (Main Civilian Occupation), and 43 (Name and Address of Last Civilian Employer) of his DD Form 214, Report of Separation from the Armed Forces of the United States, be corrected.

3.  The applicant states that the personnel clerk entered the wrong information on his DD Form 214.  

4.  The applicant's military records were lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973.  Information herein was obtained from alternate sources.

5.  The applicant entered the Regular Army on 23 August 1949 for 3 years.  Following completion of all required military training, the applicant was awarded military occupational specialty (MOS) 4745, Light Weapons Infantryman.

6.  The applicant served honorably until 22 May 1952 when he was honorably separated by reason of expiration of his term of service.  His DD Form 214 misspelled his name by deleting the letter “E” from the fourth position in his last name and recorded an incorrect service number by placing the wrong number in the second numerical position of his service number. 

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record confirms that the spelling of the applicant’s last name in Block 1 and his service number in Block 2 of the DD Form 214 are incorrect.

2.  The evidence of record is void of the necessary documentation to confirm or deny whether the entries in Blocks 28, 42, and 43 of the applicant’s DD Form 214 are correct, and the applicant did not provide any corroborating evidence to support his contentions.

3.  Considering the lack of evidence to the contrary and the fact that the applicant authenticated the DD Form 214, the Board presumed Government regularity in the preparation of the applicant’s DD Form 214.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by:

a.  Showing the spelling of the individual concerned last name in Block 1 of DD Form 214 as containing the letter “E” between the letters “L” and “M;” 

b.  Showing the numerical position of the service number in Block 2 of DD Form 214 as containing the number “5” between numbers “1” and “2” and;

c.  Issuing to the individual concerned a DD Form 215, Correction to DD Form 214.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

__emw__  __rtd____  __teo ___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___Ernest M. Willcher__
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000044688	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20010315	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19520522	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 615-360	
DISCHARGE REASON	ETS	
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY	DASA	
ISSUES         1.	100.0100	
2.	100.0900	
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.