PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           13 March 2001
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000047721

	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. William Blakely		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. June Hajjar		Chairperson	
	Mr. Donald P. Hupman, Jr.		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 item 4b (Pay Grade) of his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge From Active Duty) be corrected to read 03E.

3.  The applicant states that item 4b (Pay Grade) of his separation document is incorrect.  He states that his pay grade should read 03E based upon his prior enlisted service.  In support of his application he submits a DD Form 214 dated 31 July 1989.  Also, he submits three additional DD Forms 214 indicating his prior enlisted active service in the Navy.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that the applicant honorably retired on 31 July 1989 in pay grade 03.  His awards include the Meritorious Service Medal (1st oak leaf cluster), the Army Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, and the Army Good Conduct Medal.

5.  Item 4b (Pay Grade) of his separation document dated 31 July 1989 shows the entry 03.

6.  DD Forms 214 dated 1 August 1978, 1 August 1974, and 26 August 1968 indicates the applicant had a total of 12 years, 1 month, and 16 days of prior enlisted active service in the Navy. 

7.  Army Regulation 635-5 prescribes the separation documents which are prepared for individuals upon retirement, discharge, or release from active military service or control of the Army.  It establishes standardized policy for preparing and distributing DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty).  Table 2-1, DD Form 214 Preparation Instructions, in effect at the time, states, that the active grade or rank and pay grade at the time of separation will be entered in item 4 (a and b).

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant is entitled to have item 4b (Pay Grade) of his separation document dated 31 July 1989 corrected to show the entry 03E.

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, particularly item 4b (Pay Grade) of DD Form 214 dated 31 July 1989, of the individual concerned be corrected by showing the entry 03E.

BOARD VOTE:  

___JH___  __DPH__  __JTM___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______June Hajjar_____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000047721	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20010313	
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	
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.