PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           15 March 2001                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000047919

	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	
	Mrs. Joyce A. Hall		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Ernest M. Willcher		Chairperson	
	Mr. Richard T. Dunbar		Member	
	Mr. Thomas E. O’Shaughnessy, Jr.		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 Transcript of Military Record DARP Form 3069, be corrected to show his correct social security number (SSN) and that he be given a corrected copy.

3.  The applicant states in effect, that his SSN is incorrect on his DARP Form 3069, his SSN should read --- 3- ---- instead of --- 5- ----.  The applicant submits a copy of his social security card in support of his application.

4.  The applicant’s military records were lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Center fire of 1973.  Information herein was obtained from the applicant’s DARP Form 3069.

5.  The applicant enlisted in the Regular Army on 23 October 1950 and was discharged from the Army on 19 November 1953.

6.  The DARP Form 3069, Block 2 (Service Number/SSN) shows his SSN as 
--- 5- ----.  However, the applicant’s social security card shows his SSN
as --- 3- ----.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence furnished by the applicant clearly shows that an administrative error occurred in the preparation of his DARP Form 3069.  

2.  Therefore, the applicant’s DARP Form 3069, should be corrected to show his SSN as --- 3- ----.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Army Review Boards Agency Support Division furnish the applicant a Transcript of Military Records, DA Form 1569 showing his SSN as --- 3- ----and other information as applicable.

BOARD VOTE:  

__emw___  __rtd___  __teo___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Ernest M. Willcher
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000047919	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20010315	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.0900	
2.		
3.		
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5.		
6.