PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            24 October 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000046421

	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. Margaret Patterson		Chairperson	
	Mr. Edwin S. Castle		Member	
	Mr. John T. Meixell		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 remarks section of his DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge) be corrected to reflect that he had 17 years of formal education vice 12.  In support of his request he submits a copy of his Bachelor of Science (BS) in Petroleum Engineering diploma.

3.  Information available to the Board indicates the applicant entered active duty on 21 April 1969 as a member of the U.S. Army Reserve for the purpose of undergoing training.  He was released from active duty on 18 August 1969 upon completion of that training.  The remarks section of his 1969 DD Form 214 incorrectly indicates that he had only 12 years of formal education when in fact he had completed his BS degree at the University of Kansas in 1968.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms that the applicant had completed an undergraduate degree by the time he entered active duty in 1969.  While generally an undergraduate degree would represent an additional 4 years of formal education beyond the secondary education level the Board accepts the applicant’s statement that he had completed an additional 5 years which would bring his total years of formal education to 17 years vice the 12 years currently shown on his DD Form 214.

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 in the remarks section of the applicant’s 1969 DD Form 214 that he had 17 years of formal education.

BOARD VOTE:  

__esc___  __jtm___  ___mp___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000046421	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20001024	
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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