PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:  9 November 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR2000047883

	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. Stephanie Thompkins		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Jennifer L. Prater		Chairperson	
	Ms. Barbara J. Lutz		Member	
	Mr. Orville W. Troesch		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 reconsideration of his earlier request for correction to his date of birth on his separation document (WD AGO Form 53-55).  He states he was instructed by the Veterans Administration to explain that the name on his birth certificate was in Italian, as was the custom of Italian American immigrants at the time.

3.  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 that show he was inducted in the Army on 1 July 1942 and entered on active duty on 15 July 1942.  He was honorably discharged on 9 November 1945.

4.  His date of birth was erroneously entered as 24 January 1920 on his separation document.  The birth certificate submitted shows his date of birth as 24 June 1920. 

5.  On 7 May 1999, he applied to this Board requesting correction to his date of birth on his separation document.  He was advised on 8 February 2000 that the name on the birth certificate did not match the name on his separation document and his application was returned without action.  He was further advised to reapply if he was able to provide the necessary documentation to support his request.  

6.  In a letter dated 29 March 2000, the Veterans Service Bureau requested correction to the applicant’s date of birth stating that the birth certification previously submitted by the applicant contained his first and middle name in the Italian spelling.  

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant is entitled to correction to his date of birth on his separation document to show 24 June 1920.  January was entered incorrectly.

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 date of birth of the individual concerned as 24 June 1920 on his separation document.

BOARD VOTE:  

_jp____  __bl___  ___ot_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___Jennifer L. Prater___
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000047883	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20001109	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(NC, GRANT , DENY, GRANT PLUS)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.		
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