PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:           1 March 2001                 
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000048350

	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. Edmund P. Mercanti		                       Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. John H. Kern		Chairperson	
	Mr. Curtis L. Greenway		Member	
	Mr. Richard T. Dunbar		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 amount of separation pay which is listed on his DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, be corrected.

3.  The applicant states that he had received $19,665.27 in separation pay, not $30,625.20, the amount, which is listed on his DD Form 214.

4. In support of his application he submits the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) response to a letter he sent requesting verification of the amount of separation pay he received.  In that response it was stated that the applicant received $19,665.27 in separation pay.

5.  The applicant’s military record shows that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 31 December 1985, was awarded the military occupational specialty of personnel service specialist, and was promoted to pay grade E-4.  He was honorably released from active duty on 14 February 1997 by reason of reduction in force.  The DD Form 214 he was issued shows that he was awarded $30,625.20 in separation pay.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The DFAS has confirmed that an error was made on the amount of separation pay shown on the applicant’s 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 issuing to the individual concerned a DD Form 215 showing that he received 

$19,665.27 in separation pay when he was released from active duty on 14 February 1997.

BOARD VOTE:  

__jhk___  ____clg__  ___rtd___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_________John H. Kern_____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20010301	
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.		
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.