PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           20 March 2001
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000048451

	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. Michael L. Engle		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Fred N. Eichorn		Chairperson	
	Mr. Raymond J. Wagner		Member	
	Mr. William D. Powers		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, daughter of the deceased former service member (FSM), requests that the FSM’s military records be corrected to show an enlistment date of 22 July 1918.

3.  The applicant states that the FSM entered the Army on 22 July 1918.  However, the record incorrectly shows he entered the Army on 22 July 1919.  Correction of this error is necessary so that the FSM’s great grandson can secure an education scholarship.  In support of this application, she provides copies of the FSM’s death certificate and discharge record.

4.  The applicant’s military records are no longer available.  Information herein was obtained from the discharge records provided by the applicant.  This one-page document, which was legally recorded in the county of Corson, in the State of South Dakota, on 20 January 1921, details the enlisted record and subsequent honorable discharge of the FSM.

5.  The FSM’s Enlistment Record indicates that he was 22 years of age at the time of enlistment.  The FSM’s death certificate indicates his date of birth as 
18 September 1895, making him 22 years of age in 1918, not 1919.

6.  The FSM’s Enlistment Record indicates his date of entry into the Army as 
22 July 1919, which is inconsistent with his indicated age at the time.  Also, many other dates in the enlisted record, such as his departure date from the United States on 22 September 1918 and his return from overseas on 29 April 1919, indicate that his date of entry into the Army had to be prior to 22 July 1919.

7.  The FSM’s Enlistment Record indicates that he received his final pay and was honorably discharged as a private on 10 May 1919.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The FSM’s Enlistment Record is clearly in error with respect to the date of his entry into the Army.  The Board presumes that this error was due to the recording official writing the year 1919 as a matter of habit since that was the year in which the document was completed.  Therefore, the Enlistment Record should be corrected to change the year of entry into the Army from 1919 to 1918.

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 a Certification of Military Service for the individual concerned showing that he enlisted in the Army on 22 July 1918 and was honorably discharged as a private on 10 May 1919.

BOARD VOTE:  

__FNE__  __RJW___  __WDP_  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		____Fred N. Eichorn___
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000048451	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20010320	
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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