PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            26 October 2000   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000045552

	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. Deborah L. Brantley		Senior Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Melinda M. Darby		Chairperson	
	Mr. Arthur A. Omartian		Member	
	Mr. William D. Powers		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, in effect, that his Home of Record (HOR) be corrected to reflect 348 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, New York vice Hollywood, California.  He states that the Hollywood, California address was a hotel he "was staying [at] for a few days at the time [he] joined the service."

3.  Records available to the Board indicate the applicant was born and raised in Staten Island, New York.  He attended Staten Island Community College from February 1962 until June 1962 and Machine Reporters School in New York from February 1963 until June 1963.  He was registered with the Staten Island Selective Service Board and worked for Chase Manhattan Bank until August 1963. 

4.  The applicant's DD Form 398 (Statement of Personal History) indicates that he was residing at 348 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island until the early part of October 1963 when he relocated to California and enlisted in the Army on 
11 October 1963.  His address at the time of his 11 October enlistment was recorded as 5849 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, California.  The applicant's parents resided at the Staten Island address and the applicant's records consistently recorded the Staten Island address as his "permanent mailing address” during his military service.

5.  Army Regulation 601-210 provides that the policies and procedures for the preparation of enlistment contracts.  It states, in pertinent part, that the HOR address entered on the enlistment contract will be the address declared by the applicant to be their permanent home or actual home at the time of enlistment.  A temporary address will not be entered.

6.  The Joint Federal Travel Regulation (JFTR) provides, in pertinent part, that the HOR is the place recorded as the home of the individual at the time of enlistment or induction.  There is no authority to change the HOR as officially recorded at time of entry into the military service.  However, there is authority to correct a HOR if erroneously entered on the records at that time and then only for travel and transportation purposes.  Correction of the HOR must be based on evidence that a bona fide error was made and the HOR as corrected must have been the actual home of the individual at the time of entry into the relevant period of service.  It may not be a place selected for the convenience of the soldier.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  There is sufficient evident to conclude that the applicant's "permanent" address at the time of his entry into the Army in 1963 was 348 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, New York and as such it would be appropriate to correct his records 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 applicant's HOR as 348 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, New York.

BOARD VOTE:  

___mmd__  __aao__  _wdp__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000045552	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20001026	
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.	110.00	
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5.		
6.